It's still early in the Serie A season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the São Paulo - Athletico PR preview!
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.
São Paulo form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for São Paulo's two home games in the Serie A so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo.
Happy days for Paulo in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Sport Recife (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, São Paulo hosted Bahia and drew the game 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Paulo, as the Serie A home game vs Corinthians is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the São Paulo at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Athletico PR form and stats
Things could have gone better for Athletico PR in their Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right. It's a growing despair in Athletico as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
The attacking players of Athletico PR have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 182 minutes.
The manager D. Silvestre Júnior was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães. Athletico suffered a 0-1 loss to Fluminense (placed 8th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Palmeiras.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Athletico manager D. Silvestre Júnior as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Atletico Mineiro.
3 goals so far away for Athletico PR, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): São Paulo won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Athletico PR has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  V. Naum dos Santos 2 goals |   R. da Silva 1 goals |  D. Alves da Silva 1 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| São Paulo | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | 37 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 45 |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 20% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| São Paulo | Last season | Athletico PR | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 10 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 77% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | ||
| 62% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 15% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 62% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 53% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 35% | ||
| 23% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 18% | ||
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 247 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 191 | ||
| 99 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 89 | ||
| 21% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Gremio | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Athletico PR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Goias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Ceara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |