Full preview: Atlético Mineiro likely to overcome Ceará at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (58170 seats)

The home crowds anticipate three points in this fixture, and the home advantage should work versus a struggling visitor. Atlético Mineiro are in 7th position while the guesting Ceará worry at 15th.

Insights:
  • Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Ceará have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Atlético Mineiro nor Ceará as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Atlético Mineiro form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Atlético Mineiro have to build on here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the Serie A.

A strong away win for Atlético Mineiro against Santos the last match, as Hulk and Fernández were on target. The victory against Santos came after Fernández's winning goal. The Atlético Mineiro manager Stival was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Hulk, a natural forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.61 (out of 10). Hulk scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Atlético won a home game hosting Fluminense (2-0).

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Atlético Mineiro has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Ceará form and stats

3 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Ceará playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Ceará delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Goiás (placed 11th) in their previous game.

A loss against America Mineiro was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's latest 10 league rounds have had two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Atlético Mineiro and Ceará have played each other before this season: Ceará - Atlético Mineiro 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Atlético Mineiro wins - draws - Ceará wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtléticoG. Vieira de Souza
G. Vieira de Souza
12 goals
CearáJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
10 goals
Atlético MineiroI. Fernández
I. Fernández
4 goals

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Mineiro Ceará
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 6 14 30
12 6 2 Won W 2 3 6
10 4 2 Drew D 4 7 14
8 5 0 Lost L 0 4 10
38 21 6 Scored S 6 13 28
32 16 3 Conceded C 3 13 32
90% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 86% 87%
70% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 63%
37% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 21% 30%
17% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
50% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
37% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 23%
23% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 36% 33%
 
6.3 7.3 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.4 5.2
3.4 3.3 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.8 5.3
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 4.1 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 9
 
16.8 18.3 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 13.1 13.5
5.1 5.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.9
25% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 20% 19%
 
9.8 8.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 15.7 14.1
3.5 3.4 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Mineiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Palmeiras 29 18 9 2 48 20 14 9 3 2 26 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 28 63
2 Internacional 30 14 12 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 15 5 7 3 15 15 18 54
3 Fluminense 30 15 6 9 48 36 15 10 2 3 31 15 15 5 4 6 17 21 12 51
4 Corinthians 30 14 9 7 36 29 15 10 4 1 21 7 15 4 5 6 15 22 7 51
5 Flamengo 30 14 7 9 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 49
6 Atletico PR 30 13 9 8 36 34 15 8 6 1 23 12 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 48
7 Atlético Mineiro 30 12 10 8 38 32 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 46
8 America Mineiro 29 12 6 11 26 28 14 8 3 3 17 11 15 4 3 8 9 17 -2 42
9 Fortaleza 30 10 8 12 30 32 14 4 6 4 12 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 -2 38
10 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 40 39 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 2 6 7 16 25 1 38
11 Goiás 30 9 11 10 31 36 15 5 6 4 17 16 15 4 5 6 14 20 -5 38
12 Botafogo 29 10 7 12 29 33 15 4 4 7 13 15 14 6 3 5 16 18 -4 37
13 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
14 Sao Paulo 28 8 13 7 39 31 14 6 5 3 25 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 8 37
15 Ceará 30 6 14 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 32
16 Coritiba 28 9 4 15 29 43 15 9 2 4 19 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -14 31
17 Cuiabá 30 7 9 14 22 32 14 4 7 3 11 9 16 3 2 11 11 23 -10 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avai 29 7 7 15 27 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 26 -18 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 29 18 9 2 48 20 14 9 3 2 26 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 28 63
2 Internacional 30 14 12 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 15 5 7 3 15 15 18 54
3 Fluminense 30 15 6 9 48 36 15 10 2 3 31 15 15 5 4 6 17 21 12 51
4 Corinthians 30 14 9 7 36 29 15 10 4 1 21 7 15 4 5 6 15 22 7 51
5 Flamengo 30 14 7 9 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 49
6 Atletico PR 30 13 9 8 36 34 15 8 6 1 23 12 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 48
7 Atlético Mineiro 30 12 10 8 38 32 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 46
8 America Mineiro 29 12 6 11 26 28 14 8 3 3 17 11 15 4 3 8 9 17 -2 42
9 Fortaleza 30 10 8 12 30 32 14 4 6 4 12 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 -2 38
10 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 40 39 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 2 6 7 16 25 1 38
11 Goiás 30 9 11 10 31 36 15 5 6 4 17 16 15 4 5 6 14 20 -5 38
12 Botafogo 29 10 7 12 29 33 15 4 4 7 13 15 14 6 3 5 16 18 -4 37
13 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
14 Sao Paulo 28 8 13 7 39 31 14 6 5 3 25 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 8 37
15 Ceará 30 6 14 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 32
16 Coritiba 28 9 4 15 29 43 15 9 2 4 19 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -14 31
17 Cuiabá 30 7 9 14 22 32 14 4 7 3 11 9 16 3 2 11 11 23 -10 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avai 29 7 7 15 27 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 26 -18 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.