Atlético Mineiro are finding life sweet in the top positions while Santos are more worried about steering clear of relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Atlético nor Santos 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.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Home games in the Serie A have been a walk in the park for Atlético Mineiro so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Atlético has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Santos defeat 107 days ago.
Atlético Mineiro's last game was hosting Ceara (placed 13th) and winning 3-1. Hulk, a striker, was the champion player for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Hulk scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Before that, Atlético played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Chapecoense.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético as they are travelling to their away game against Atlético GO in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
The Atlético Mineiro manager A. Stival has got the team scoring with 23 from 11 home games in the league. Atlético Mineiro 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 6 from 11 matches.
Santos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-6 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Wagner Leonardo secured the home win 1-0 against Grêmio in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when Wagner Leonardo scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Grêmio. Attacker Marinho got a player rating of 7.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Marinho served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sao Paulo that ended 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Sport Recife.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santos's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Atlético Mineiro and Santos have met before this season: Santos - Atlético Mineiro 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Atlético Mineiro victories, one draw and five Santos wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Vieira de Souza 10 goals |  J. Savarino Quintero 4 goals |   C. Sánchez Arcosa 4 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Santos missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 38 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 71% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 42% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 25% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 46% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 50% | 55% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 46% |
| 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.8 | 13.5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 52% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 21% | 24% |
- 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 Santos have scored away.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the most clean sheets (12) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the most points (28) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Atlético Mineiro is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 53 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 39 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 39 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Internacional | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Athletico PR | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Atlético GO | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | Cuiaba | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Ceara | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Juventude | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 16 | Santos | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 17 | Bahia | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 26 |
| 19 | Grêmio | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 25 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -21 | 12 |