A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Atlético Mineiro fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Bragantino's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atlético and Bragantino.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Atlético Mineiro 3 wins from 3 appearances. Ever since the Caldense game Atlético has been unbeatable here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto producing seven straight wins.
In their previous game, the manager J. Sampaoli Moya led his Atlético to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Santos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Coritiba.
Atlético are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. Atlético have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bragantino form and stats
0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bragantino, who have the most conceded goals (14) in Serie A, in their Serie A matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Bragantino, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to São Paulo (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Palmeiras.
The draw against São Paulo came from a losing position. The Bragantino manager M. Freitas Rocha da Silva brought on Raul as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Bragantino have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Franco Palma 3 goals |   A. Barra Mansa Realino de Souza 3 goals | C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel 3 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Bragantino missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Bragantino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 6 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.4 | 6 |
| 4.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 1.4 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 133 | 46 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 72 | 144 |
| 45 | 28 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 18 | 37 |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 24% |
- All of Atlético Mineiro's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Bragantino's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Mineiro have won all their matches at home so far.
- Atlético Mineiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bragantino has the most conceded goals (14)
- Bragantino has the most conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Bragantino has the most dropped points from leading position (10)
- Bragantino has the the worst goal difference (-5)
- Bragantino have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bragantino have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bragantino have yet to win a game away.
- Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Santos | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Ceará | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Bahia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Athletico PR | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Grêmio | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Goias | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |