3rd position in the Serie A table for Atlético Mineiro so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Sport Recife visits Estádio Raimundo Sampaio.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for Sport Recife when visiting Atlético Mineiro as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro, who have the most scored goals (31) in Serie A, have been outstanding at home so far in the Serie A with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. The Atlético Mineiro fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio and will expect new points from this game. Atlético Mineiro has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
No payout for Atlético in their previous match, an away game at Bahia that ended in defeat 1-3. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Fluminense.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atlético home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Atlético Mineiro are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). From these home matches, Atlético have conceded only 6 goals.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Serie A, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-2-5 (9 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Recife who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Bahia was the last time a defeat was avoided. Sport Recife seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Recife play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Bragantino (placed 19th). A loss against Internacional was the result prior to that, in a home game.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Recife played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Recife as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Recife's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Atlético Mineiro won four, Sport Recife won three and three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva França 8 goals |  I. Maidana Martins 4 goals |  J. Savarino Quintero 3 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 31 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 271 | 132 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 77 | 172 |
| 96 | 65 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 20 | 55 |
| 32% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 33% |
- All of Atlético Mineiro's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Mineiro has the most points (22) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals (21) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals (31) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 at home.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Recife have scored away.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Serie A
- Sport Recife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sport Recife 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Santos | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Gremio | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Ceara | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Atletico PR | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 11 |