Full preview: Atlético Mineiro favourite to defeat Cruzeiro at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (58170 seats)

Most people believe in Atlético Mineiro in this fixture against Cruzeiro, but the away team will fight to the finish. Here's our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

It's no vacation for neither Atlético Mineiro nor Cruzeiro 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

The story so far in the Serie A for Atlético Mineiro at their home stadium (Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

A strong away win for Atlético against Palmeiras the last match, as Hulk and Paulinho were on target. The forward Hulk was named "man of the match" for Atlético Mineiro with the rating of 7.84/10. Hulk scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Coritiba with the scoreline 1-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Atlético Mineiro's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético as they are travelling to their away game against Bragantino in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

Atlético Mineiro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. Atlético are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

Playing away, Cruzeiro have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Cruzeiro have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 249 minutes ago. Castán was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Cruzeiro in their previous game as they lost hosting Flamengo, 0-2. Attacker Rodrigues got a player rating of 7.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Rodrigues dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-0 draw at Cuiaba's stadium before that.

A tale of few goals? 14 of this club's latest 17 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

A new game in only three days for Cruzeiro, the Serie A home match versus Bahia. Busy days.

Cruzeiro are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Atlético Mineiro have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro - Atlético 0-1 was the end result in these participants' last h2h fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MineiroP. Sampaio Filho
P. Sampaio Filho
11 goals
Atlético MineiroG. Vieira de Souza
G. Vieira de Souza
10 goals
CruzeiroW. Ribeiro Silva
W. Ribeiro Silva
4 goals

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Cruzeiro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético Mineiro Cruzeiro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
12 6 2 Won W 0 4 7
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 10
8 4 2 Lost L 2 4 10
32 16 7 Scored S 1 18 24
21 12 6 Conceded C 3 13 24
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 85% 81%
67% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 48%
30% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 30%
7% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
41% 54% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 26%
44% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 46% 41%
22% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 38% 52%
 
5.3 5.3 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 7.2
5 3.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.2 4.4
3.3 3 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.8
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.4 15.4 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.8 13.7
4.8 5.3 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.6 4.3
25% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 30% 21%
 
12.1 9.9 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.5 11.5
3.4 3.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Cruzeiro have won significantly less corners away then 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 Botafogo 27 18 4 5 44 17 13 11 1 1 28 6 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 58
2 Bragantino 27 13 10 4 39 24 13 8 4 1 21 8 14 5 6 3 18 16 15 49
3 Flamengo 27 13 8 6 40 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 15 7 4 4 23 22 9 47
4 Gremio 27 13 5 9 43 37 14 10 2 2 27 12 13 3 3 7 16 25 6 44
5 Palmeiras 27 12 8 7 40 24 13 8 2 3 20 12 14 4 6 4 20 12 16 44
6 Atletico PR 27 12 8 7 40 31 14 8 5 1 25 15 13 4 3 6 15 16 9 44
7 Atlético Mineiro 27 12 7 8 32 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 6 4 4 16 9 11 43
8 Fortaleza 27 12 6 9 33 27 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 4 2 7 10 14 6 42
9 Fluminense 27 12 6 9 37 34 15 10 4 1 23 11 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 42
10 Cuiaba 27 10 6 11 29 30 13 4 5 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 12 15 -1 36
11 Sao Paulo 27 9 8 10 31 29 14 9 2 3 23 13 13 0 6 7 8 16 2 35
12 Internacional 27 8 8 11 23 32 13 6 3 4 15 14 14 2 5 7 8 18 -9 32
13 Corinthians 27 7 11 9 33 35 13 5 7 1 20 13 14 2 4 8 13 22 -2 32
14 Bahia 27 8 7 12 35 38 13 5 4 4 21 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -3 31
15 Cruzeiro 27 7 10 10 24 24 14 3 5 6 6 11 13 4 5 4 18 13 0 31
16 Vasco da Gama 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 6 2 6 16 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -10 30
17 Santos 27 8 6 13 30 45 14 5 5 4 23 22 13 3 1 9 7 23 -15 30
18 Goias 27 7 9 11 27 37 14 4 6 4 17 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -10 30
19 Coritiba 27 5 5 17 29 57 13 3 3 7 14 20 14 2 2 10 15 37 -28 20
20 America Mineiro 27 4 6 17 30 56 14 4 1 9 14 25 13 0 5 8 16 31 -26 18

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 Botafogo 27 18 4 5 44 17 13 11 1 1 28 6 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 58
2 Bragantino 27 13 10 4 39 24 13 8 4 1 21 8 14 5 6 3 18 16 15 49
3 Flamengo 27 13 8 6 40 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 15 7 4 4 23 22 9 47
4 Gremio 27 13 5 9 43 37 14 10 2 2 27 12 13 3 3 7 16 25 6 44
5 Palmeiras 27 12 8 7 40 24 13 8 2 3 20 12 14 4 6 4 20 12 16 44
6 Atletico PR 27 12 8 7 40 31 14 8 5 1 25 15 13 4 3 6 15 16 9 44
7 Atlético Mineiro 27 12 7 8 32 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 6 4 4 16 9 11 43
8 Fortaleza 27 12 6 9 33 27 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 4 2 7 10 14 6 42
9 Fluminense 27 12 6 9 37 34 15 10 4 1 23 11 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 42
10 Cuiaba 27 10 6 11 29 30 13 4 5 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 12 15 -1 36
11 Sao Paulo 27 9 8 10 31 29 14 9 2 3 23 13 13 0 6 7 8 16 2 35
12 Internacional 27 8 8 11 23 32 13 6 3 4 15 14 14 2 5 7 8 18 -9 32
13 Corinthians 27 7 11 9 33 35 13 5 7 1 20 13 14 2 4 8 13 22 -2 32
14 Bahia 27 8 7 12 35 38 13 5 4 4 21 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -3 31
15 Cruzeiro 27 7 10 10 24 24 14 3 5 6 6 11 13 4 5 4 18 13 0 31
16 Vasco da Gama 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 6 2 6 16 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -10 30
17 Santos 27 8 6 13 30 45 14 5 5 4 23 22 13 3 1 9 7 23 -15 30
18 Goias 27 7 9 11 27 37 14 4 6 4 17 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -10 30
19 Coritiba 27 5 5 17 29 57 13 3 3 7 14 20 14 2 2 10 15 37 -28 20
20 America Mineiro 27 4 6 17 30 56 14 4 1 9 14 25 13 0 5 8 16 31 -26 18

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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.