Serie A preview: Can São Paulo edge out victory against Athletico PR?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 21.June
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

Which team will go home victorious when Athletico PR go to play São Paulo? In this game guide you'll find all the relevant news and numbers necessary to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletico PR have scored away.

This looks to be an interesting match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Get ready!

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São Paulo form and stats

São Paulo have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The São Paulo supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo: A 0-2 defeat against Palmeiras (placed 2nd). Luciano (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Luciano hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

A home victory before that one, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Deportes Tolima and won 5-0. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Paulo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 4.

The manager Júnior will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cruzeiro in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and São Paulo are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches.

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Athletico PR form and stats

Playing away, Athletico PR have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Athletico PR has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to America Mineiro for a 2-2 draw. Drawing 2-2 against America Mineiro after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Turra needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Bento had red hot gloves after the game against America Mineiro, shaping the outcome of the game with ten saves made. Bento was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.84. The agile goalkeeper Bento saved a penalty.

Before that match, the victory at home against Libertad in the Copa Libertadores (1-0). Athletico PR are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

A new game in only three days for Athletico, the Serie A home match versus Corinthians. Busy days.

In the opposite end, Athletico PR have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paulo five wins, three draws and Athletico PR two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
4 goals
Athletico PRV. Roque Ferreira
V. Roque Ferreira
4 goals
Athletico PRC. Alves Cardoso
C. Alves Cardoso
3 goals

São Paulo missing players

Athletico PR missing players

São Paulo Athletico PR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
4 4 1 Won W 1 1 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
15 11 2 Scored S 2 5 14
11 5 0 Conceded C 2 8 13
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
50% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
30% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 20%
 
6.4 5.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.7
5.8 6.6 9 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.7
2.5 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16 16.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11 13.6
5.2 6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 4.5
29% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 31%
 
14.7 14.8 16 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 15.2 13.6
4.6 4.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.8 4.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Athletico PR's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of São Paulo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Athletico PR have scored away.
  • São Paulo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 10 8 0 2 18 7 6 6 0 0 12 1 4 2 0 2 6 6 11 24
2 Palmeiras 10 6 4 0 22 8 5 4 1 0 12 5 5 2 3 0 10 3 14 22
3 Flamengo 10 6 1 3 21 11 6 4 1 1 12 4 4 2 0 2 9 7 10 19
4 Atletico Mineiro 10 5 3 2 14 8 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 18
5 Fluminense 10 5 2 3 16 11 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 2 1 3 9 9 5 17
6 Gremio 10 5 2 3 14 15 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 2 0 3 5 10 -1 17
7 Athletico PR 10 5 1 4 14 13 5 4 0 1 9 5 5 1 1 3 5 8 1 16
8 São Paulo 10 4 3 3 15 11 5 4 0 1 11 5 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 15
9 Cruzeiro 10 4 2 4 14 10 5 2 0 3 3 5 5 2 2 1 11 5 4 14
10 Fortaleza 10 3 5 2 12 8 5 2 3 0 7 3 5 1 2 2 5 5 4 14
11 Bragantino 10 3 5 2 15 14 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 0 4 1 7 8 1 14
12 Internacional 10 4 2 4 10 13 5 4 0 1 7 4 5 0 2 3 3 9 -3 14
13 Santos 10 3 4 3 9 8 5 2 3 0 7 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 1 13
14 Cuiaba 10 3 3 4 9 14 4 0 2 2 3 8 6 3 1 2 6 6 -5 12
15 Bahia 10 2 3 5 11 16 5 1 2 2 9 9 5 1 1 3 2 7 -5 9
16 Corinthians 10 2 3 5 9 15 5 2 3 0 7 4 5 0 0 5 2 11 -6 9
17 Goias 10 2 2 6 9 18 5 2 1 2 7 10 5 0 1 4 2 8 -9 8
18 America Mineiro 10 2 2 6 11 22 6 2 1 3 7 12 4 0 1 3 4 10 -11 8
19 Vasco da Gama 10 1 3 6 10 19 4 0 1 3 3 8 6 1 2 3 7 11 -9 6
20 Coritiba 10 0 4 6 8 20 5 0 3 2 3 7 5 0 1 4 5 13 -12 4

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.