Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Atlético Mineiro and Cerro Porteño meet at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
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 Cerro Porteño.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cerro Porteño, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Home games in the Mineiro 1 have been a walk in the park for Atlético Mineiro so far, with 18 points won from 6 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The Atlético Mineiro fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto and will expect new points from this game. Atlético has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Atlético Mineiro goalkeeper Everson Felipe Marques Pires is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 249 minutes without conceding a goal in the Mineiro 1.
Happy days for Atlético Mineiro in their previous game, a Mineiro 1 match away at Tombense that ended with a 3-0 victory. Nobody expected Atlético to beat Tombense in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Previous to that game, a Copa Libertadores home match hosting America de Cali in a game that was won 2-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Atlético as they have a new game in only four days, a Mineiro 1 match thankfully also at home. Tombense are visiting.
Atlético are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. Defensively Atlético have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the 3rd round last season.The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Porteño goalkeeper Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho is eager to challenge this, with his 195 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Porteño won their last game, 2-0 versus Olimpia played at home. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Deportivo La Guaira in the Copa Libertadores.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Porteño manager F. Arce Rolón as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against River Plate.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Porteño have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Porteño have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Atlético-Cerro Porteño H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Atlético Mineiro zero wins, Cerro Porteño two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Morales 6 goals |  M. Boselli 6 goals | C. Aquino 3 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | Cerro Porteño | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportivo La Guaira | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | America de Cali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | America Mineiro | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Tombense | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | URT | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 16 |
| 6 | Pouso Alegre | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Caldense | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Uberlandia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | CAP Patrocinense | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Boa | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Coimbra | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Nacional Asuncion | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Guairena | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | 12 de Octubre | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 7 | Guarani | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | River Plate | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -17 | 7 |