There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals meeting between Atlético Mineiro and River Plate. Game on!
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.
River Plate have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro have performed here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio this season with 6 wins from 8 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Atlético Mineiro has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Atlético has won nine games in a row. The Santos match was the last time out without a victory.
The Atlético supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Palmeiras in Serie A and win 2-0. Guilherme Arana was "man of the match" with a rating of 9.03 out of 10. The defender Arana signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting River Plate and winning 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Atlético Mineiro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atlético Mineiro as a small favourite), we find one game. Atlético Mineiro has won one of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Atlético's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Atlético have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
River Plate form and stats
River was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the semi-finals last season, when Palmeiras turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 3W-4D-2L. This is both home and away.
Impressive finishing from Braian Romero and Enzo Fernández secured the home win 2-0 against Velez Sarsfield in their previous game. Milton Casco was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.23. The defender Casco hit three key passes and won 12 of 13 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Atlético Mineiro before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with River Plate playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero River wins, one draw and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for River now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Gimnasia La Plata is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
River Plate - Atlético 0-1 was the result in these teams' previous head-to-head game, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  R. Borré Amaury 8 goals |   G. Vieira de Souza 7 goals |  M. Suárez 6 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
River Plate missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 7.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Ceara | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Santos | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Juventude | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Bahia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Internacional | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | São Paulo | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Fluminense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Gremio | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 4 |