It's game one of two in the Copa Libertadores as Atlético Mineiro host Palmeiras. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
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.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Copa Libertadores.Atlético Mineiro have collected 9 points from their Serie A home games so far after 2-3-3.
The Atlético Mineiro supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto: A 1-2 defeat against Flamengo. Arana, defender, was given a rating of 7.2/10 in that game, top of the team. Arana hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Grêmio (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atlético have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético Mineiro as they are travelling to their away game against Sao Paulo in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
The Atlético Mineiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Atlético have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the semi-finals last season, when Atletico PR turned out to be too strong.3-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Palmeiras in their Serie A matches away.
Palmeiras play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting America Mineiro. Palmeiras goalie Weverton was high and low in the America Mineiro game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Rony, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Rony scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Palmeiras secured a home win against Fortaleza with the score 3-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Palmeiras playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Palmeiras wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Fluminense.
Palmeiras are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Palmeiras are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras have not lost in the last 8 matches (1-7-0) facing Atlético Mineiro.Top Goalscorers
  G. Vieira de Souza 6 goals |   R. Cavalcante Veiga 5 goals |  A. Guimarães 5 goals |
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| Atlético Mineiro | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 16 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 21% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Internacional | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Atlético Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Santos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Goiás | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Bahia | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
