Guarani will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind América Mineiro.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Guarani are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For América Mineiro most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Guarani form and stats
10-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Guarani so far this season.
The Guarani supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Operário PR in Serie B and win 1-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Vila Nova that finished 1-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Guarani here at Estadio Brinco de Ouro in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 18 games). From these home matches, Guarani have conceded only 14 goals.
América Mineiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Serie B, on their Serie B travels is 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but América Mineiro are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
América Mineiro are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Serie B against Vitória (placed 14th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cuiaba at their stadium, the result 2-0.
América Mineiro are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on América Mineiro as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: América Mineiro - Guarani 3-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Guarani won 0 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and América Mineiro has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 3Top Goalscorers
  Júnior Viçosa 7 goals |  Matheusinho 6 goals |   Diego Cardoso 5 goals |
Guarani missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Guarani | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 12 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 27 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 34 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 32 |
| 86% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 81% |
| 42% | 39% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 61% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 28% | 33% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 8% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 31% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 33% | 36% |
| 42% | 56% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 42% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 36 | 72 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 47 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 63 |
| 3 | Coritiba | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 60 |
| 4 | Atletico GO | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 60 |
| 5 | América Mineiro | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 58 |
| 6 | CRB | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 54 |
| 7 | Paraná | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 54 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 50 |
| 9 | Operário PR | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -8 | 49 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 48 |
| 11 | Guarani | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 44 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 44 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 43 |
| 14 | Vitória | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -6 | 42 |
| 15 | Oeste | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -7 | 40 |
| 16 | Figueirense | 35 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 38 |
| 17 | Londrina | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 28 | -15 | 36 |
| 18 | Criciúma | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 35 |
| 19 | Vila Nova | 35 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 34 |
| 20 | Sao Bento | 35 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 30 | -14 | 30 |