Bragantino supporters put their faith in manager M. Nogueira Barbieri to deliver victory against Athletico PR

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid (17724 seats)

Bragantino are stalking the top league spots while Athletico PR are more nervous about avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Athletico PR have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bragantino form and stats

Bragantino have played 15 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-8-2 (wins-draws-losses). Bragantino are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

In their previous game, the manager M. Nogueira Barbieri led his Bragantino to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Cuiabá. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid. Heartbreak for Bragantino in their last match as Cuiabá's R. Gava scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Helinho for missing a penalty kick versus Cuiabá in the 37th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Cleiton, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.6 out of 10 in that game. Cleiton stopped the opponent with five saves.

Ahead of that match, Bragantino won a home game hosting Sport Recife (3-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bragantino handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, eight draws and two defeats.

The manager M. Nogueira Barbieri will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Santos in only three days.

The Bragantino fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Bragantino have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Athletico PR form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athletico PR so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

Athletico's last game was the home draw against Flamengo (2-2). The match against Flamengo looked like a defeat for Athletico PR, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Bissoli equalized in the 90th minute. Attacker Nikão got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Nikão hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

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

We have checked recent matches where Athletico have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, one draw and four defeats.

After this away game Athletico return home for a Serie A game against Ceara. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Athletico find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Athletico have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Athletico PR - Bragantino 2-2. Numbers for the previous five meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Bragantino, three draws and one win for Athletico PR. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

BragantinoY. Oliveira dos Santos
Y. Oliveira dos Santos
10 goals
BragantinoA. Guimarães
A. Guimarães
7 goals
Athletico PRR. de Souza
R. de Souza
5 goals

Bragantino missing players

Athletico PR missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bragantino Athletico PR
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 4 14 29
12 5 2 Won W 0 4 10
13 8 2 Drew D 0 1 5
5 2 2 Lost L 4 9 14
47 23 11 Scored S 1 14 34
33 17 9 Conceded C 10 20 39
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
73% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 72%
53% 53% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 55%
30% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 17%
10% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
63% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 48%
30% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 17%
13% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 38%
 
5 5.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 5
6.6 6.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.2 4.6
2.3 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.6 13.3 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.7 14.1
4.6 4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.8
34% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 34% 31%
 
14.5 13.7 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 15.4 13.6
4.5 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Athletico PR have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 28 18 5 5 44 21 13 11 1 1 28 8 15 7 4 4 16 13 23 59
2 Palmeiras 29 16 4 9 45 35 15 9 2 4 26 22 14 7 2 5 19 13 10 52
3 Flamengo 27 15 5 7 50 26 14 9 1 4 23 13 13 6 4 3 27 13 24 50
4 Bragantino 30 12 13 5 47 33 15 5 8 2 23 17 15 7 5 3 24 16 14 49
5 Fortaleza 29 14 6 9 39 32 14 8 3 3 21 13 15 6 3 6 18 19 7 48
6 Corinthians 29 11 11 7 31 26 14 6 4 4 18 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 5 44
7 Internacional 29 10 11 8 37 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 15 4 6 5 14 15 6 41
8 Fluminense 29 10 9 10 28 31 14 6 5 3 15 13 15 4 4 7 13 18 -3 39
9 America Mineiro 29 9 11 9 29 30 15 6 5 4 14 10 14 3 6 5 15 20 -1 38
10 Cuiabá 29 8 14 7 28 28 15 5 5 5 15 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 0 38
11 Atlético GO 28 9 10 9 24 26 14 4 7 3 11 11 14 5 3 6 13 15 -2 37
12 Sao Paulo 29 8 13 8 23 27 15 5 8 2 13 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -4 37
13 Ceara 29 7 15 7 27 30 15 7 6 2 19 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -3 36
14 Athletico PR 29 10 5 14 34 39 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 4 1 9 14 20 -5 35
15 Santos 29 8 11 10 26 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 15 2 6 7 12 23 -8 35
16 Bahia 29 8 9 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -7 33
17 Sport Recife 30 7 9 14 17 27 15 4 5 6 8 8 15 3 4 8 9 19 -10 30
18 Juventude 29 6 12 11 27 36 15 5 6 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 30
19 Gremio 27 7 5 15 24 35 14 4 5 5 16 16 13 3 0 10 8 19 -11 26
20 Chapecoense 29 1 10 18 24 50 14 0 5 9 10 23 15 1 5 9 14 27 -26 13

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 Atletico Mineiro 28 18 5 5 44 21 13 11 1 1 28 8 15 7 4 4 16 13 23 59
2 Palmeiras 29 16 4 9 45 35 15 9 2 4 26 22 14 7 2 5 19 13 10 52
3 Flamengo 27 15 5 7 50 26 14 9 1 4 23 13 13 6 4 3 27 13 24 50
4 Bragantino 30 12 13 5 47 33 15 5 8 2 23 17 15 7 5 3 24 16 14 49
5 Fortaleza 29 14 6 9 39 32 14 8 3 3 21 13 15 6 3 6 18 19 7 48
6 Corinthians 29 11 11 7 31 26 14 6 4 4 18 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 5 44
7 Internacional 29 10 11 8 37 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 15 4 6 5 14 15 6 41
8 Fluminense 29 10 9 10 28 31 14 6 5 3 15 13 15 4 4 7 13 18 -3 39
9 America Mineiro 29 9 11 9 29 30 15 6 5 4 14 10 14 3 6 5 15 20 -1 38
10 Cuiabá 29 8 14 7 28 28 15 5 5 5 15 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 0 38
11 Atlético GO 28 9 10 9 24 26 14 4 7 3 11 11 14 5 3 6 13 15 -2 37
12 Sao Paulo 29 8 13 8 23 27 15 5 8 2 13 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -4 37
13 Ceara 29 7 15 7 27 30 15 7 6 2 19 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -3 36
14 Athletico PR 29 10 5 14 34 39 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 4 1 9 14 20 -5 35
15 Santos 29 8 11 10 26 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 15 2 6 7 12 23 -8 35
16 Bahia 29 8 9 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -7 33
17 Sport Recife 30 7 9 14 17 27 15 4 5 6 8 8 15 3 4 8 9 19 -10 30
18 Juventude 29 6 12 11 27 36 15 5 6 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 30
19 Gremio 27 7 5 15 24 35 14 4 5 5 16 16 13 3 0 10 8 19 -11 26
20 Chapecoense 29 1 10 18 24 50 14 0 5 9 10 23 15 1 5 9 14 27 -26 13

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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.