Serie A preview: Can Corinthians edge out victory against Athletico PR?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Neo Química Arena

Corinthians are enjoying their 4th, while Athletico PR are loitering 11 points behind in the league standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athletico PR have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Corinthians nor Athletico PR 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.

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Corinthians form and stats

Corinthians have collected 31 points from their Serie A home games so far after 9-4-4. The Corinthians fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Neo Química Arena and will expect new points from this game. Corinthians has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Corinthians faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ceara (1-2). Defender João Victor got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.85/10. Victor hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Santos.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Corinthians have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won five times, drawn six and lost four.

Corinthians has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Corinthians's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Athletico PR form and stats

Athletico PR have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 5-2-10 (17 played).

Athletico are looking to quickly end their 233 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.

Athletico has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sao Paulo for a Serie A game that ended a draw (0-0). Thiago Heleno was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Heleno won 6 of 12 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Bragantino in the Copa Sudamericana.

Athletico PR are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Athletico PR have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Athletico PR have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the final score Athletico PR - Corinthians 0-1 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Corinthians victories, five draws and one Athletico PR win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CorinthiansJ. Alves de Assis Silva
J. Alves de Assis Silva
7 goals
CorinthiansR. Krug Guedes
R. Krug Guedes
7 goals
Athletico PRR. de Souza
R. de Souza
6 goals

Corinthians missing players

Athletico PR missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Corinthians Athletico PR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
14 9 4 Won W 1 5 12
11 4 2 Drew D 0 2 6
10 4 0 Lost L 4 10 16
38 24 11 Scored S 3 17 39
34 17 5 Conceded C 10 22 43
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
57% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 71%
37% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 53%
17% 24% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 15%
3% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
51% 65% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 35% 47%
31% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 21%
26% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 41% 38%
 
5.5 6.3 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.9 4.7
4.8 4.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 6.2 4.7
1.5 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11 12.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.1 13.3
3.9 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.8 3.6
28% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 36% 32%
 
12.7 11.5 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 15.4 13.6
4.4 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Athletico PR have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 34 23 6 5 55 24 17 15 1 1 36 9 17 8 5 4 19 15 31 75
2 Flamengo 34 20 7 7 66 31 17 12 1 4 29 13 17 8 6 3 37 18 35 67
3 Palmeiras 35 18 5 12 54 42 18 10 3 5 32 26 17 8 2 7 22 16 12 59
4 Corinthians 35 14 11 10 38 34 17 9 4 4 24 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 4 53
5 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
6 Bragantino 34 13 13 8 50 40 17 6 8 3 26 19 17 7 5 5 24 21 10 52
7 Fluminense 35 14 9 12 34 34 18 10 5 3 21 14 17 4 4 9 13 20 0 51
8 Ceara 35 11 16 8 38 35 18 10 6 2 24 14 17 1 10 6 14 21 3 49
9 Internacional 35 12 11 12 42 38 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 47
10 America Mineiro 34 11 12 11 35 36 17 7 6 4 17 11 17 4 6 7 18 25 -1 45
11 Santos 35 11 12 12 32 38 18 9 5 4 20 13 17 2 7 8 12 25 -6 45
12 Cuiaba 34 9 16 9 31 32 17 6 6 5 16 17 17 3 10 4 15 15 -1 43
13 Athletico PR 34 12 6 16 39 43 17 7 4 6 22 21 17 5 2 10 17 22 -4 42
14 Sao Paulo 34 9 15 10 26 33 17 5 9 3 13 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -7 42
15 Atletico GO 34 9 14 11 26 34 17 4 10 3 13 13 17 5 4 8 13 21 -8 41
16 Juventude 34 9 13 12 33 40 17 7 6 4 17 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -7 40
17 Bahia 33 9 10 14 33 43 16 6 5 5 20 18 17 3 5 9 13 25 -10 37
18 Gremio 34 10 6 18 35 44 17 6 6 5 22 18 17 4 0 13 13 26 -9 36
19 Sport Recife 34 8 9 17 21 33 17 5 5 7 11 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -12 33
20 Chapecoense 34 1 12 21 27 59 17 0 6 11 13 30 17 1 6 10 14 29 -32 15

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 34 23 6 5 55 24 17 15 1 1 36 9 17 8 5 4 19 15 31 75
2 Flamengo 34 20 7 7 66 31 17 12 1 4 29 13 17 8 6 3 37 18 35 67
3 Palmeiras 35 18 5 12 54 42 18 10 3 5 32 26 17 8 2 7 22 16 12 59
4 Corinthians 35 14 11 10 38 34 17 9 4 4 24 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 4 53
5 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
6 Bragantino 34 13 13 8 50 40 17 6 8 3 26 19 17 7 5 5 24 21 10 52
7 Fluminense 35 14 9 12 34 34 18 10 5 3 21 14 17 4 4 9 13 20 0 51
8 Ceara 35 11 16 8 38 35 18 10 6 2 24 14 17 1 10 6 14 21 3 49
9 Internacional 35 12 11 12 42 38 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 47
10 America Mineiro 34 11 12 11 35 36 17 7 6 4 17 11 17 4 6 7 18 25 -1 45
11 Santos 35 11 12 12 32 38 18 9 5 4 20 13 17 2 7 8 12 25 -6 45
12 Cuiaba 34 9 16 9 31 32 17 6 6 5 16 17 17 3 10 4 15 15 -1 43
13 Athletico PR 34 12 6 16 39 43 17 7 4 6 22 21 17 5 2 10 17 22 -4 42
14 Sao Paulo 34 9 15 10 26 33 17 5 9 3 13 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -7 42
15 Atletico GO 34 9 14 11 26 34 17 4 10 3 13 13 17 5 4 8 13 21 -8 41
16 Juventude 34 9 13 12 33 40 17 7 6 4 17 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -7 40
17 Bahia 33 9 10 14 33 43 16 6 5 5 20 18 17 3 5 9 13 25 -10 37
18 Gremio 34 10 6 18 35 44 17 6 6 5 22 18 17 4 0 13 13 26 -9 36
19 Sport Recife 34 8 9 17 21 33 17 5 5 7 11 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -12 33
20 Chapecoense 34 1 12 21 27 59 17 0 6 11 13 30 17 1 6 10 14 29 -32 15

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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.