There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores 8th Finals meeting between Atlético Mineiro and Boca Juniors. Game on!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atlético and Boca Juniors.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Boca Juniors, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Atlético Mineiro have to build on here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the Serie A. On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Atlético Mineiro has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Atlético has won five games in a row. The Santos match was the last time out without a victory.
A strong away win for Atlético Mineiro against Corinthians the last match, as Hulk (2) were on target. Hulk, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Hulk scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Boca Juniors that finished 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético Mineiro handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Atlético have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Atlético's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Boca Juniors form and stats
Boca Juniors was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the semi-finals last season.When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 3W-2D-2L. This is both home and away. The last three matches for Juniors have all ended in a draw.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Union Santa Fe in their previous outing. The Superliga match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfield player Jorman Campuzano was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Campuzano served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores.Juniors are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Boca Juniors manager M. Russo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Banfield.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Boca Juniors - Atlético Mineiro 0-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  G. Vieira de Souza 4 goals |   S. Villa Cano 4 goals | I. Fernández 3 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Boca Juniors missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Boca Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.1 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Ceara | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Bahia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Santos | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Juventude | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Internacional | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Gremio | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Cuiaba | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 4 |