The visiting América Mineiro side should be favourites in this visit to Figueirense, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.
- América Mineiro has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Serie B
Figueirense and América Mineiro should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as América Mineiro have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Figueirense form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Figueirense at their home stadium (Estádio Orlando Scarpelli) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Figueirense bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rodolfo Pereira de Castro not having conceded a league goal in 317 minutes.
Figueirense's previous game was a Serie B match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Cuiabá (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Parana with a 2-0 scoreline.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Figueirense as they are travelling to their away game against Guarani in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
Figueirense have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Figueirense have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
América Mineiro form and stats
7 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of América Mineiro, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Serie B, playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
Impressive finishing from Calyson secured the home win 1-0 against Parana in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Sampaio Correa.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chapecoense in just three days.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. América are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 6 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
América Mineiro - Figueirense 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Figueirense, one draw and four wins for América Mineiro. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. da Silva Santos Junior 6 goals |  D. Gonçalves 3 goals |  E. Feitoza Sampaio 3 goals |
Figueirense missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Figueirense | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 30 |
| 27 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 79% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 82% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 29% | 50% |
| 29% | 21% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 21% | 36% |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 29% | 46% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 57% | 39% |
| 50% | 50% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.1 | 12.9 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 27% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 20% | 24% |
- América Mineiro has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Serie B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 57 |
| 2 | América Mineiro | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 53 |
| 3 | Juventude | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Sampaio Correa | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | CSA | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Cuiabá | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Avai | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | Guarani | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 40 |
| 9 | Ponte Preta | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 40 |
| 10 | Confianca | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 12 | Operario PR | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 13 | CRB | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -6 | 34 |
| 14 | Vitória | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 33 |
| 15 | Brasil de Pelotas | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 33 |
| 16 | Figueirense | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 17 | Parana | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -12 | 29 |
| 18 | Nautico | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 23 |
| 20 | Oeste | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -27 | 16 |