Chapecoense - América Mineiro Football prediction

Chapecoense and América Mineiro face each other at Arena Condá in a match for the 31st round of the Brasileirão Serie A. The two teams drew 0-0 on 13-06-2018, the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league. The record of recent direct matches favors the home team, which in the last 3 matches has won 2 and drawn 1. Special attention is needed for the home / away condition as both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games .

Analysis of Chapecoense
The home team is currently in 18th place with 31 points, after 7 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Vitória by (0-1). In the last match, lost out to Cruzeiro by (3-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 4 draws and 11 defeats as a visitor; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Chapecoense has recorded 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, having won 15 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 15 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 30 games in this competition, he only managed 3 tackles in the 17 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 15 home games in this competition: he scored 11 of his 20 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Chapecoense has a bad campaign in the Brazilian Championship where he is among the last placed, lost 4 of his last 5 games and is looking for recovery to try to leave the relegation zone. The team has major problems in both the offensive and defensive sectors since it has scored only 29 goals, being the sixth worst attack in the competition, and conceded 45 goals, with the fourth defender more leaked and these numbers help to explain the low performance so far. Playing at home, such as this Saturday's match, Chapecoense has alternated good and bad results, has 3 wins and 3 losses in the last 6 games and needs more regularity in their stadium in this final stretch, especially in the next game against a direct opponent in the fight to stay in the first division. For the confrontation against América Mineiro, the coach Claudinei Oliveira does not have problems in the team considered titular and goes to the field with what it has of the best.

Analysis of Mining America
After 8 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, the visiting team is in 15th place, having won 34 points. In the last match, they drew 1-1 at home with Grêmio at home (1-1), after their previous match drew away in a game against Atlético-MG, (0-0). This is a stronger team when playing in his stadium, because in the last 30 games he has 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; against 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 out of the championship, América Mineiro has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, having won 8 points out of 30. In the encounters he played as a visitor in the championship there is a result that is repeated often in the late 90 ', 1-0, which occurred in 6 of his 15 matches. The team allowed their opponents' goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 11 of the last 15 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 30 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 15 away games for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: scored 3 of his 8 goals between minutes (31'-45 ').

As well as his next opponent, América Mineiro does poor Serie A campaign, do not win 7 games of which he lost 2 and drew 5 and goes in search of the 3 points in the fight to remain in the first division. The team has a fragile defense that has suffered 35 goals and is the seventh most leaked of the competition, but the biggest problem is the attack that has scored only 26 goals and is the worst quarter of the national, both having only 1 goal in the last 4 rounds . Playing away from home, such as this Saturday's match, América Mineiro did not win in 5 games of which they lost 3 and drew 2 and the most worrying is that they scored only 1 goal in these matches, again showing the ineffectiveness of their offensive sector. For the game against Chapecoense, coach Adilson Batista must keep the team that drew with Grêmio in the last round.