Serie A preview: Home team members eyeing a win when Atlético Mineiro host Cuiabá

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (58170 seats)

1st spot in the Serie A table for Atlético Mineiro right now, a good performance. The home team fans pray for more joy as 9th-placed Cuiabá visit Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto.

Insights:
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cuiabá, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

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Atlético Mineiro form and stats

10-1-1 is the performance here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto so far in the Serie A, giving Atlético Mineiro a total of 31 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! The Atlético Mineiro fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto and will expect new points from this game. Atlético Mineiro has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Atlético's previous game was a Copa do Brasil match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Fortaleza (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Atlético Mineiro played a great game against Fortaleza and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Matías Zaracho was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Zaracho scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atletico GO (1-2).

Atlético Mineiro are traveling soon after this match as the Copa do Brasil match at Fortaleza awaits in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Atlético are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Atlético Mineiro have conceded only 7 goals.

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Cuiabá form and stats

3-9-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cuiabá, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Serie A, in their Serie A matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Fluminense game have they lost an away game, meaning Cuiabá has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.

Cuiabá have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Walter Leandro Capeloza Artune. It's been 278 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

Cuiabá played 0-0 against Brasiliense (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) in their previous match.

Ahead of that match was the Serie A away draw versus Flamengo that ended 0-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cuiabá as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Cuiabá are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Atlético Mineiro and Cuiabá have faced off already this season: Cuiabá - Atlético Mineiro 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MineiroG. Vieira de Souza
G. Vieira de Souza
10 goals
CuiabáE. Rodrigues Brandão
E. Rodrigues Brandão
7 goals
AtléticoI. Fernández
I. Fernández
5 goals

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Cuiabá missing players

Atlético Mineiro Cuiabá
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 5 13 27
17 10 3 Won W 1 3 7
5 1 0 Drew D 4 9 14
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 6
42 26 7 Scored S 3 12 26
19 7 1 Conceded C 1 9 26
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 40% 54% 74%
73% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 46% 56%
46% 58% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 37%
15% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 22%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 44%
46% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 80% 54% 37%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 54% 44%
 
6.4 6.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3 3.1
4.5 4.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 5.7 5.2
1.9 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.3 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
14.2 13.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 8.2 10.7
4.3 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.5 3.4
38% 52% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 28%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético Mineiro have created more than twice as many corners as Cuiabá.
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Cuiabá have scored away.
  • Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the most clean sheets (12) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the most points (31) at home in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the most scored goals (26) at home in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the most clean sheets (7) away in Serie A

  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 26 17 5 4 42 19 12 10 1 1 26 7 14 7 4 3 16 12 23 56
2 Flamengo 24 14 4 6 46 21 13 8 1 4 22 13 11 6 3 2 24 8 25 46
3 Palmeiras 27 14 4 9 40 33 14 8 2 4 24 21 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 46
4 Fortaleza 27 13 6 8 35 30 13 7 3 3 18 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 5 45
5 Bragantino 27 10 13 4 43 32 13 3 8 2 19 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 11 43
6 Internacional 27 10 10 7 35 28 13 6 4 3 21 14 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 40
7 Corinthians 27 10 10 7 28 24 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 6 3 11 9 4 40
8 Fluminense 26 9 9 8 25 27 13 5 5 3 12 12 13 4 4 5 13 15 -2 36
9 Cuiabá 27 7 14 6 26 26 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 3 9 1 12 9 0 35
10 Atletico PR 26 10 4 12 32 33 13 6 3 4 18 16 13 4 1 8 14 17 -1 34
11 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 22 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 -2 34
12 São Paulo 27 7 13 7 22 26 14 4 8 2 12 10 13 3 5 5 10 16 -4 34
13 America Mineiro 27 7 11 9 25 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 13 20 -4 32
14 Ceara 26 6 13 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 12 0 7 5 7 17 -4 31
15 Santos 26 6 11 9 23 32 12 5 5 2 12 9 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 29
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -10 28
17 Juventude 27 6 10 11 27 36 13 5 4 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 28
18 Sport Recife 27 6 9 12 14 22 14 3 5 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 27
19 Gremio 25 7 5 13 23 30 13 4 5 4 15 13 12 3 0 9 8 17 -7 26
20 Chapecoense 27 1 10 16 24 46 14 0 5 9 10 23 13 1 5 7 14 23 -22 13

Read more about Serie A

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.