Receiving guests at their own home feels safe and friendly for Cuiabá, but Atlético Mineiro are fully bent and qualified to win. What happens?
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atlético Mineiro, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.
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
The overall Serie A stats at home this season for Cuiabá are 2-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Cuiabá lost their last game at Palmeiras (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Walter had a busy but productive day in the Palmeiras match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that, Cuiabá had a home game versus Botafogo which ended with a victory 2-0.Not much happening? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Cuiabá are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Coritiba awaits in four days.
Cuiabá have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cuiabá have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlético Mineiro in their Serie A matches away.
194 minutes! That's how long the Atlético Mineiro goalkeeper Everson Felipe Marques Pires and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two away games in a row for Atlético Mineiro, whose coach Matijevich could celebrate last time after the win against Botafogo. Midfield player Zaracho was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.74/10. Zaracho scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Corinthians in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. 9 goals have been conceded by Atlético Mineiro in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior two meetings): Cuiabá won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Atlético Mineiro managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  W. Ferreira de Oliveira 2 goals |  A. dos Santos Batista 2 goals |  A. Ribeiro de Souza 2 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Cuiabá | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 82% |
| 53% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 29% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 6.4 | 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 12.4 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 15.2 | 16.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 28% | 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 30% |
| 14.1 | 11.9 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.1 | 10.2 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Internacional | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Avai | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Goias | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Ceara | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Cuiabá | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | América Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Juventude | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
