Match preview: Corinthians expected to win against América Mineiro at Neo Química Arena

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 29.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Neo Química Arena

Corinthians have played better than América Mineiro so far this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the info you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Corinthians and América Mineiro.

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Corinthians form and stats

Seven points from three Serie A home games is a great start for Corinthians, who are hoping to build on that form here at Neo Química Arena.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw vs Always Ready in the Copa Libertadores last time out and are hoping for a win here. The attacking player Adson was announced as "man of the match" for Corinthians with the rating of 8.21/10. Adson scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus São Paulo that ended 1-1.

The Corinthians fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Corinthians have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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América Mineiro form and stats

Playing away, América Mineiro have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Two away games in a row for América, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Independiente del Valle in the Copa Libertadores.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Botafogo in the Serie A.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from América Mineiro's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as América Mineiro have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Corinthians five wins, three draws and América Mineiro two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CorinthiansR. Krug Guedes
R. Krug Guedes
3 goals
CorinthiansL. Piton Crivellaro
L. Piton Crivellaro
1 goals
CorinthiansR. Pereira Bicalho
R. Pereira Bicalho
1 goals

Corinthians missing players

América Mineiro missing players

Corinthians América Mineiro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 4 7
4 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
11 5 3 Scored S 2 2 8
7 1 0 Conceded C 4 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 57%
57% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 43%
43% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 75% 43%
 
5.4 8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4 4.3
4.9 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 6.9
2 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
10.1 10.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 12 13.1
5 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.5 4.6
31% 33% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 14% 25%
 
14.3 15.3 16 Shots against (avg) S A 19 17.8 15
5.6 6 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.8 6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • América Mineiro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Corinthians have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie A
  • Corinthians have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Corinthians 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 Corinthians 7 4 2 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 14
2 Palmeiras 7 3 3 1 12 5 4 2 1 1 8 4 3 1 2 0 4 1 7 12
3 São Paulo 7 3 3 1 12 8 3 3 0 0 8 2 4 0 3 1 4 6 4 12
4 Atlético Mineiro 7 3 3 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 12
5 Botafogo 7 3 3 1 11 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 12
6 Santos 7 3 2 2 10 5 4 3 1 0 9 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 5 11
7 Fluminense 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 11
8 Coritiba 7 3 1 3 11 10 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 0 1 3 4 8 1 10
9 América Mineiro 7 3 1 3 8 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 2 6 0 10
10 Internacional 7 2 4 1 7 7 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 10
11 Avaí 7 3 1 3 8 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 -2 10
12 Bragantino 7 2 3 2 9 7 4 1 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 9
13 Flamengo 7 2 3 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 9
14 Athletico PR 7 3 0 4 5 9 4 3 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 3 1 7 -4 9
15 Goias 7 2 2 3 7 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 1 0 3 3 7 -3 8
16 Cuiabá 7 2 2 3 6 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 2 0 2 4 6 -3 8
17 Atletico GO 7 1 3 3 5 10 4 1 2 1 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 7 -5 6
18 Juventude 7 1 3 3 7 13 4 0 2 2 3 7 3 1 1 1 4 6 -6 6
19 Ceará 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 -3 5
20 Fortaleza 6 0 1 5 3 9 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 2 6 -6 1

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.