Atletico Mineiro - Parana Football prediction

Atletico Mineiro and Parana meet at the Raimundo Sampaio Stadium in a match for the 15th matchday of Serie A. Only 2 recent direct matches between these two teams have been recorded: on 01-06-2017, which ended with Atletico Mineiro by (2-0), and on 05-25-2017, which ended with the victory of Parana by (3-2). In this meeting the home factor could play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Atlético Mineiro Analysis

After 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, the home team is in 4th place, having won 23 points. In the last game, he lost with Palmeiras away by (3-2), after in the previous game to have lost (2-0) away, in a game against Grêmio. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when they play with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium, with 25 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 7 home games for the league, Atletico Mineiro has 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, with 16 points out of 21. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 9 times but managed to return to the result in 3.

Atletico Mineiro is a club that has already won the Serie A of the Brazilian Championship once throughout its history, a title that was won in the distant year 1971. In the Mineiro Championship of this year, the team ended up getting the vice to lose to the rival Cruzeiro (the clash ended in 3x3 in aggregate and Cruzeiro was a champion for scoring a goal away from home). In this year's Brazilian Serie A series, the team is trying to remain among the top players, being six points behind second-placed São Paulo. In the last five games that Atletico Mineiro played at home, in four of them the team scored two or more goals. I believe that in this match, Atletico Mineiro will get another positive result inside his stadium, since he will be playing against a weak opponent, who will surely be dominated by Atletico throughout the game.

Analysis of Paraná

After 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, the visiting team is in 18th place, having won 13 points. In the last game, he beat America-MG at home (1-0), after losing in the previous game in a game against Vitória, (1-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. In the last 6 away games for the championship the Paraná has 1 tie and 5 defeats, reason why it conquered 1 point in 18 possible.

For this competition, he registers a sequence of 4 losses in the last games as a visitor and has not won any of the last 6 games outside his stadium. In his games as a visitor there are some frequent results: at interval 1-0 (4 in 6 games) and at the end of the game 1-0 (3 in 6 games). In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 18 of their last 23 games finished with Less than 2.5 goals. This is a team that scored few times first and only managed to open the scoring in 3 of their last 14 games for Serie A, these 3 reached the interval in a lead in 1 and won in the late 90 'in all. In 14 games in this event, he never got around to scoring in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Paraná Clube is a club that never won the title of the Brazilian Championship of the Series A, its main achievements were those of the Brazilian Championship of Series B, in 1992 and 2000. The Paraná Club was very successful in the decade of 90, when it conquered the pentacampeonato state, were five consecutive titles of the Paranaense Championship, beating the great Coritiba and Atletico Paranaense. The Paraná Clube was in the second division of the Brasileirão in 2017, when it finished in fourth place and gained access to the elite of the Brazilian soccer. The Paraná club started very badly the Brasileirão 2018, currently is in the zone of descent and its games away from home has been very disappointing, so far it has not won none.