This has all the signs of quite the action-packed skirmish at Arena Pantanal in the Serie A. Cuiabá is in 13th position and welcome Atlético Mineiro in 15th position. Read about the match here!
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.
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.
Cuiabá form and stats
0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Cuiabá so far this season.
Happy days for Cuiabá in their previous game, a fixture away at América Mineiro (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Finally, a league win after three games without. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Vieira when Ronald scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 43rd minute. Defender Mateusinho got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Mateusinho hit three key passes and won 13 of 17 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Gremio (1-2).Cuiabá are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Fluminense awaits in three days.
At Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
The Serie A season is young and Atlético Mineiro have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Atlético Mineiro lost away at Botafogo (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home victory as anticipated against Alianza Lima preceding that, in the Copa Libertadores.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Internacional in just three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Atlético Mineiro has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Atlético Mineiro have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Cuiabá.Top Goalscorers
  G. Vieira de Souza 2 goals |   M. Gonçalves Jerônimo Borges 1 goals |  M. Silva Duarte 1 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Cuiabá | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 16.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 12.8 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 12.2 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Cuiabá | Last season | Atlético Mineiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 62% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 31% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 31% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 69% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 8.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Gremio | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Internacional | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Cuiabá | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Goiás | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 0 |
