América Mineiro - Santos Football prediction

América Mineiro and Santos play at the Raimundo Sampaio Stadium in a match of the 35th round of the Brasileirão Serie A. In the last match between these teams in this competition, on 29-07-2018, América Mineiro won away by (0-1). The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 games. In this match the home factor could play an important role, since América Mineiro presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Mining America
The home team is currently in 19th place with 34 points, after 8 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to the Paraná Clube by (0-1). In the last match, lost out to Internacional by (2-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses as a visitor; against 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 home games for the championship, América Mineiro has recorded 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, having won 12 points out of 30. In matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 7 of their 17 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, and his attack is not in good shape as he did not score goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home matches for the competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since 7 of the last 17 that disputed finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 34 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in 17 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 17 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he scored 7 of his 19 goals in minutes (31'-45 ').

América Mineiro lost one more game, accumulated 11 games without winning, coming from 4 consecutive defeats and sank further into the relegation zone, urgently needing a victory in the next match. The team's main problem is the offensive sector that has acted very badly, scored only 27 goals and is the second worst in the competition, so much so that they have scored only 2 goals in the last 8 rounds. Playing at home, such as this Sunday's match, América Mineiro has the second worst win of Serie A, is the fourth team that conceded the most, coming from 2 losses and scored only 2 goals in the last 5 games, evidencing the enormous difficulty of to act even in front of their fans. For the game against Santos, coach Adilson Batista will not be able to count on defender Messias on account of suspension.

Analysis of Santos
After 12 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, the visiting team is in 9th place, having won 46 points. In the last match, he lost with Flamengo away (1-0), after having lost at home in a game against Chapecoense (0-1). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; against 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the championship, Santos won 12 points out of 30 after 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in their last 10 games. In his league games as a visitor the most frequent result in the break was 0-0 (9 out of 17 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 34 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 16 times and never managed to turn the score.

Santos is in a bad moment, coming from 3 consecutive defeats and needs to recover to return to the fight for a spot in the next Copa Libertadores. The team has a median attack that has scored 40 goals and is the eighth best of the competition, while the defense has conceded 33 goals and is seventh less leaked, being a team of enough speed that attacks much by the tips and has a deadly counterattack. Playing away from home, like Sunday's match, Santos has acted irregularly, alternating good and bad results, but his attack has worked and scored goals in 8 of the last 9 games in this type of situation, being a team that maintains the offensive style even away from their dominions. For the confrontation with América Mineiro, Coach Cuca will not be able to count on the steering wheel Yuri Oliveira due to suspension.