São Paulo and Atlético GO have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie A.
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 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
São Paulo form and stats
São Paulo have performed here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo this season with 4 wins from 6 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Paulo has four draws from their last four matches.
The home team returns to Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo after being equal after 90 minutes with Coritiba (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at River Plate in the Copa Libertadores.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paulo as they are travelling to their away game against Palmeiras in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
The Paulo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, São Paulo have conceded only 4 goals.
Atlético GO form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. With three draws in a row for Atlético GO the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Atlético has drawn their two previous away games.
Atlético GO are looking to quickly end their 220 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A. The Atlético goalkeeper Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Fortaleza (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Corinthians that ended 0-0.
A new game in only four days for Atlético, the Serie A home match versus Bragantino. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlético as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Atlético GO in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Paulo three wins, three draws and Atlético GO two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Rocha Neves 5 goals |  R. da Silva 2 goals |  G. Gomes Sara 2 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Atlético GO missing players
| São Paulo | Atlético GO | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 85% |
| 75% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 77% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 67% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 29% | 46% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 192 | 98 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 87 | 159 |
| 69 | 30 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 24 | 50 |
| 22% | 30% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 17% | 26% |
- São Paulo have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 Atlético GO have scored away.
- São Paulo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- São Paulo 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Internacional | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Santos | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Atlético GO | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Atletico PR | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Ceara | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Grêmio | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Bahia | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Goiás | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |