Full preview: Corinthians likely to beat Cuiabá at Neo Química Arena

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 10.June
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Neo Química Arena

Corinthians are aching to increase their points at their own ground in this match versus Cuiabá.

Insights:
  • Corinthians have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Not much time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Copa Libertadores game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Independiente del Valle, so at least Corinthians are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Corinthians form and stats

Corinthians have collected 8 points from their Serie A home games so far after 2-2-0.

The fans are hoping that Corinthians will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Independiente del Valle. Augusto, a striker, was the declared top performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 6.9 (out of 10). Augusto hit one key pass.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting America Mineiro (0-2).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Corinthians matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

A decent goal production from Corinthians in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Corinthians have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cuiabá form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. When Cuiabá is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Goias, Coritiba, Bahia, America Mineiro, Cuiabá and Vasco da Gama is teams we like to compare Corinthians with. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cuiabá, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Cuiabá, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Goias (placed 17th) last time out. Rikelme, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Rikelme hit two key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.

A draw for Cuiabá before that, at their own venue hosting Coritiba (1-1).

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cuiabá playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cuiabá has managed {5 goals} and let in 5 from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

Corinthians-Cuiabá H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Corinthians three wins, Cuiabá one win, zero draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CorinthiansR. Krug Guedes
R. Krug Guedes
5 goals
CuiabáD. Brum Silva Acosta
D. Brum Silva Acosta
2 goals
CorinthiansY. Monteiro da Silva
Y. Monteiro da Silva
1 goals

Corinthians missing players

Cuiabá missing players

Corinthians Cuiabá
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 5 9
2 2 0 Won W 2 3 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
8 6 0 Scored S 3 5 8
14 3 0 Conceded C 1 5 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 78%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 56%
11% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 22%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 22%
 
5.6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4 4.3
5.2 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.7
2.2 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.6 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12 13.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.8 12.8
3.9 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.8 3.9
23% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 21% 23%
 
15.2 13.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 11.2
4.9 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Corinthians's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Corinthians have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Corinthians have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Corinthians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cuiabá 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 Botafogo 9 7 0 2 16 7 5 5 0 0 10 1 4 2 0 2 6 6 9 21
2 Palmeiras 9 5 4 0 20 8 5 4 1 0 12 5 4 1 3 0 8 3 12 19
3 Atletico Mineiro 9 5 2 2 13 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 17
4 Gremio 9 5 2 2 14 12 5 3 2 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 17
5 Flamengo 9 5 1 3 18 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 2 0 2 9 7 7 16
6 Fluminense 9 5 1 3 14 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 2 0 3 7 7 5 16
7 Sao Paulo 9 4 3 2 15 9 4 4 0 0 11 3 5 0 3 2 4 6 6 15
8 Atletico PR 9 5 0 4 12 11 5 4 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 1 15
9 Fortaleza 9 3 5 1 12 6 5 2 3 0 7 3 4 1 2 1 5 3 6 14
10 Cruzeiro 9 4 1 4 12 8 5 2 0 3 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 3 4 13
11 Bragantino 9 3 4 2 14 13 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 0 3 1 6 7 1 13
12 Santos 9 3 3 3 9 8 5 2 3 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 2 5 1 12
13 Internacional 9 3 2 4 8 12 4 3 0 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 3 9 -4 11
14 Cuiabá 9 3 2 4 8 13 4 0 2 2 3 8 5 3 0 2 5 5 -5 11
15 Bahia 9 2 2 5 9 14 4 1 1 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 2 7 -5 8
16 Corinthians 9 2 2 5 8 14 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 0 0 5 2 11 -6 8
17 Goias 9 2 1 6 7 16 4 2 0 2 5 8 5 0 1 4 2 8 -9 7
18 America Mineiro 9 2 1 6 9 20 5 2 0 3 5 10 4 0 1 3 4 10 -11 7
19 Vasco da Gama 9 1 3 5 9 17 4 0 1 3 3 8 5 1 2 2 6 9 -8 6
20 Coritiba 9 0 3 6 8 20 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 0 1 4 5 13 -12 3

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.