It's time to decide the outcome of the Copa Libertadores Semi-finals meeting between Atlético Mineiro and Palmeiras. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
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 are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Atlético Mineiro has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Atlético Mineiro has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Santos defeat 93 days ago.
The Atlético goalkeeper Everson Felipe Marques Pires is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 345 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
An away draw last time out for Atlético Mineiro, facing Sao Paulo in a game that ended 0-0. The attacker Eduardo Vargas won the honour of being "man of the match" for Atlético Mineiro with a rating of 7.44/10. Vargas dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 0-0 draw away in the Copa Libertadores before that, with Palmeiras the opponent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Atlético have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atlético, as the Serie A home game vs Internacional is only four days away.
The Atlético manager A. Stival has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Atlético are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Palmeiras form and stats
They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the finals.As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Palmeiras have produced an overall stat of 5-1-4 so far. When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 8W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Palmeiras, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Corinthians. Luan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.12. The defender Luan won 4 of 8 duels.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores.We have checked recent matches where Palmeiras have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, one draw and three defeats.
Palmeiras are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest past history between these teams is the Palmeiras - Atlético 0-0 played earlier this season. Atlético Mineiro-Palmeiras H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlético two wins, Palmeiras three wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Vieira de Souza 8 goals |   B. Vasconcelos Lopes 5 goals |  J. Savarino Quintero 4 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Internacional | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Ceara | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Bahia | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | Juventude | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 18 | Gremio | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -18 | 10 |