Atlético Mineiro have delivered well this season, proven by 1st spot in the table. América Mineiro can look both up and down the table from their 10th place.
- Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Serie A
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Serie A fixture only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Grêmio, was also a home game here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. The away team is better rested.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro have been outstanding at home so far in the Serie A with 12 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Atlético tasted defeat here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
The Atlético supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Grêmio in Serie A and win 2-1. The victory against Grêmio came after Eduardo Vargas's winning goal. The Atlético manager A. Stival was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 70th minute. Midfielder Matías Zaracho was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Zaracho scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Flamengo.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Corinthians in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto.
Goals decide football matches and Atlético are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. Atlético Mineiro have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América Mineiro form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, América Mineiro have produced an overall stat of 3-6-5 so far.
América are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Serie A against Fortaleza (placed 5th). América Mineiro goalie Matheus Cavichioli was high and low in the Fortaleza game, contributing six saves towards the victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. dos Santos Gonçalves when Felipe Azevedo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute. Ademir got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Ademir scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that result América won their away game at Santos. The scoreline was 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the América manager M. dos Santos Gonçalves as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sport Recife.
América find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. 20 goals have been conceded by América in these games.
Head 2 Head
These sides faced each other previously this campaign: América Mineiro - Atlético Mineiro 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Atlético victories, four draws and zero América Mineiro wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() G. Vieira de Souza 11 goals | ![]() A. da Silva Santos Junior 7 goals | ![]() I. Fernández 5 goals |
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| Atlético Mineiro | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 46 | 30 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 29 |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 30 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 72% | 86% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 72% |
| 48% | 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 14% | 21% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 10% |
| 3% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 52% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 45% |
| 41% | 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 34% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 14.6 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.9 | 15 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 36% | 47% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | 22% |
| 10.1 | 9.6 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- América Mineiro have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the most points (37) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the most points from losing position (15) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the most scored goals (30) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 62 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 47 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 49 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | Internacional | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 39 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | América Mineiro | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Ceara | 29 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 36 |
| 14 | Atletico PR | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 15 | Santos | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 35 |
| 16 | Bahia | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 30 |
| 18 | Juventude | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 19 | Grêmio | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 30 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -26 | 14 |