Soccer betting preview: Fortaleza welcomes Atlético Mineiro in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Castelao (67000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Serie A table so far. Here's the Fortaleza - Atlético Mineiro latest:

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Fortaleza at their home stadium (Estadio Castelao) is 7 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Happy days for Fortaleza in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Avaí (placed 20th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Cruzeiro that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortaleza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortaleza as a small favourite), we find five games. Fortaleza has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Fortaleza after this match as they are travelling to Corinthians for a Serie A game in only four days.

Fortaleza has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 13 goals.

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Atlético Mineiro form and stats

Atlético Mineiro, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Serie A, have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-3-8 (14 played).

The manager Vágner Mancini was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Estadio Castelao. Atlético Mineiro suffered a 0-2 loss to Chapecoense (placed 19th). Prior to that match, the Atlético Mineiro manager Vágner Mancini faced defeat when travelling to São Paulo and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Atlético Mineiro in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Atlético Mineiro, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Goiás in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlético Mineiro as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Atlético Mineiro have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Atlético Mineiro - Fortaleza 2-2. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Fortaleza, 1 draw and 2 wins for Atlético Mineiro. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MineiroJ. Cazares
J. Cazares
4 goals
Atlético MineiroNathan
Nathan
4 goals
FortalezaEderson
Ederson
3 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Fortaleza Atlético Mineiro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
10 7 2 Won W 1 3 10
5 1 1 Drew D 1 3 5
14 6 1 Lost L 2 8 14
34 16 6 Scored S 2 12 34
39 13 5 Conceded C 3 20 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
72% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 64% 79%
45% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 55%
24% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 24%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
52% 43% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 59%
17% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 14%
31% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 31%
 
3.7 4 2.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.2 5.4 6
6.1 5.4 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.8 5.9
2.2 2.5 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2.1 1.9
5 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Fortaleza 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 Flamengo 29 21 5 3 60 24 14 13 1 0 35 10 15 8 4 3 25 14 36 68
2 Palmeiras 29 17 9 3 47 22 14 11 3 0 31 6 15 6 6 3 16 16 25 60
3 Santos 29 16 7 6 39 26 14 10 3 1 29 12 15 6 4 5 10 14 13 55
4 São Paulo 29 13 10 6 29 20 15 8 6 1 20 8 14 5 4 5 9 12 9 49
5 Gremio 29 13 8 8 50 31 14 8 3 3 29 16 15 5 5 5 21 15 19 47
6 Internacional 28 13 6 9 35 27 14 9 4 1 20 8 14 4 2 8 14 18 8 45
7 Corinthians 29 11 12 6 31 22 15 8 6 1 18 9 14 3 6 5 13 13 9 45
8 Athletico PR 28 12 6 10 43 31 14 8 2 4 21 11 14 4 4 6 21 19 12 42
9 Bahia 29 11 8 10 32 28 15 7 4 4 20 14 14 4 4 6 12 14 4 41
10 Goiás 29 11 6 12 32 45 14 8 3 3 21 13 15 3 3 9 11 32 -13 39
11 Vasco da Gama 29 10 8 11 27 35 15 6 4 5 16 18 14 4 4 6 11 17 -8 38
12 Fortaleza 29 10 5 14 34 39 14 7 1 6 16 13 15 3 4 8 18 26 -5 35
13 Atlético Mineiro 29 10 5 14 34 41 15 7 2 6 22 21 14 3 3 8 12 20 -7 35
14 Botafogo 28 10 3 15 25 34 13 7 1 5 15 12 15 3 2 10 10 21 -9 33
15 Ceará 29 9 6 14 30 30 15 7 4 4 19 11 14 2 2 10 11 19 0 33
16 Fluminense 29 8 6 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 16 14 14 3 2 9 13 27 -12 30
17 CSA 29 7 8 14 20 41 15 6 5 4 15 16 14 1 3 10 5 25 -21 29
18 Cruzeiro 28 6 11 11 24 35 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 1 6 7 11 22 -11 29
19 Chapecoense 29 4 9 16 24 43 14 2 5 7 12 17 15 2 4 9 12 26 -19 21
20 Avaí 29 3 8 18 15 45 15 1 7 7 8 20 14 2 1 11 7 25 -30 17

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