Atletico Mineiro - Santos Football prediction

Atletico Mineiro and Santos measure their strength at the Raimundo Sampaio Stadium in a match for the 18th matchday of Serie A. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 games . However, the last time they faced at this stadium was on 12-07-2017, in a match for Serie A, which ended Santos's win by (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by Daniel Guedes (90 '). 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 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the home team is in 5th place, having won 27 points. In the last game, he lost to Internacional at home (0-1), after having drawn 2-2 away in a game against Bahia. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played 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 21 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium, with 25 goals scored and 10 conceded. In the last 9 home games for the league Atletico Mineiro has 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so he has won 19 points in 27 possible games. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of their 9 matches. 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 their home games for this competition there is a tendency to have a few goals, since 4 of the last 9 that disputed finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In the 17 games he played in this event, he only managed 3 rounds in 10 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 home games for all competitions there has been a season that stands out: suffered 6 of his 17 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Atletico Mineiro is a club that was already Brazilian champion of the Series A, that title was conquered in the year of 1971, in addition already it has won a Cup of Brazil, forty-five titles of the Mining Championship. Internationally the club has also won some titles, a Copa Libertadores (2013) and a South American Cup (2014/15). Atletico Mineiro is currently ranked fifth in the league and even though he is not in a good moment, he has played in games with more than 1.5 goals, in the last five days four of his games had more than 1.5 goals. If we look at the last five Atletico Mineiro games at home, we see that four have had at least 2 goals, which shows a tendency towards goals scored at the Atlético Mineiro stadium.

Analysis of Santos

The visiting team will face Atlético Mineiro a game in arrears of 18 days, after 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses in the games played for the league so far. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with a total of 8 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in his stadium, with a total of 23 goals scored and 13 conceded. For the championship, Santos had 7 points in 27 chances, after 1 win, 4 draws and 4 losses in the last 9 games he played as a visitor.

For this competition, you have not lost any of the last 5 games outside your stadium. In his league appearances as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (7 out of 9 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 8 of the last 9 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. This is a team that scores a few times first and only managed to open the scoring in 4 of their last 17 games for Serie A, of those 4 reached the break in lead in 2 and won in the late 90 'in all. In 17 games in this event, he has never been able to get his mark back in 11 games in which he conceded the first goal.

Santos is one of the most historic clubs in Brazilian football, and has won seven titles in the Brazilian Serie A Championship, one Brazilian Cup, twenty-two Campeonato Paulista titles. Internationally, the club has also won some titles, three Copa Libertadores, a South American Cup and an Intercontinental Cup. Santos is currently in 15th place in the table, and this is due in large part to the many draws that have had, in the last nine days,