A total of eight rounds of matches have been played and both Palmeiras and Atlético Mineiro are up there with the best. Game on!
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have not yet lost a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras have collected 7 points from their Serie A home games so far after 2-1-1.
Palmeiras are confident in defense, having played 277 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Palmeiras against Santos the last match, as Gómez were on target. Rocha was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.15 out of 10. The defender Rocha hit one key pass and won 11 of 16 duels.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Palmeiras, as the Serie A home game vs Botafogo is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Palmeiras's 4 home games: 8 goals, 4 conceded.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the URT game have they lost an away game, meaning Atlético Mineiro has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Impressive finishing from Hulk and Sasha secured the home win 2-1 against Avaí in their previous game. The attacker Hulk got a match rating of 8.04 in that game. Hulk scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.
aweayteam Hara magic won. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlético Mineiro playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 Atlético wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Atlético Mineiro now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Fluminense is waiting in only three days.
Atlético have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Palmeiras victories, five draws and two Atlético Mineiro wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Gómez Portillo 3 goals |  R. da Silva Barbosa 3 goals |  J. Vivian 2 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Palmeiras | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.4 | 9 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 17.8 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 20 | 20.1 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 30% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 12.8 | 11.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
- All of Palmeiras's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Mineiro have not yet lost a game away.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atlético Mineiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (5) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+8) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Palmeiras is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie A
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | São Paulo | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Coritiba | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Athletico PR | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Santos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | América Mineiro | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Fluminense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Avaí | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Juventude | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Ceara | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
