Cuiabá will hope their home comforts are enough to get a result from this difficult encounter with high-flying Atlético Mineiro.
- Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have scored more than double the goals of Cuiabá.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Atlético Mineiro when visiting Cuiabá as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Cuiabá form and stats
Cuiabá are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Serie A games here at Arena Pantanal.
Stress levels are on the rise for Cuiabá's attacking players as they have now played 231 minutes without scoring in a league game. Elton was their last goal scorer.
Cuiabá's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Flamengo (placed 6th). Midfield player Pepê got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Pepê hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
0-0 away at Sport Recife before that.Cuiabá are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Bragantino awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Cuiabá's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Atlético Mineiro playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Atlético are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Atlético go into this game after a win, the home game against Atlético GO that ended 4-1. Matías Zaracho got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, top player of the team. Zaracho scored two goals, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Santos before that.A new game in only three days for Atlético Mineiro, the Serie A home match versus Flamengo. Busy days.
The attacking power of Atlético when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Atlético have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Rodrigues Brandão 2 goals |   F. Zaracho 2 goals | I. Fernández 2 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Cuiabá | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 13 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 23% | 34% |
- All of Cuiabá's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored more than double the goals of Cuiabá.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cuiabá have yet to win a 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 | Bragantino | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Santos | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Juventude | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Bahia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Ceará | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Internacional | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | São Paulo | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Cuiabá | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |