📏 Form Guide

Atlético Mineiro

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Atlético Mineiro enter this game following a 0-0 Copa Sudamericana drawn result versus Cienciano.

In that match, Atlético Mineiro had 60% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Cienciano had 10 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

In their past six games, Cuca Stival's Atlético Mineiro have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 8 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.

Going into this one, Atlético Mineiro are unbeaten in the league by São Paulo in their previous 8 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.

São Paulo

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São Paulo will come into the match following on from a 0-1 Copa Libertadores win in the defeat of Talleres in their most recent match.

In that match, São Paulo had 51% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for São Paulo was Alisson (76'). Talleres got 17 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

São Paulo have had no problems opening up opposition defences of late, scoring 6 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that São Paulo can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same clashes. That trend might not follow through into this next game, of course.

Looking at the pre-match facts, São Paulo:

• haven't beaten Atlético Mineiro when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. Very poor away form.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of past results between these clubs going back to 06/08/2023 shows that these fixtures have not been kind to São Paulo. They’ve not managed to register any wins at all while Atlético Mineiro have dominated them, getting wins in 67 per cent of those ties.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 from Galo and 4 for Tricolor Paulista. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Serie A match day 35 on 24/11/2024 when the final score was São Paulo 2-2 Atlético Mineiro.

That day, São Paulo had 54% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was André Silva (45').

On the other side, Atlético Mineiro had 3 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Paulinho (1', 18') and Fausto Vera (24' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Alex Gomes Stefano.

🗞️ Team News: Atlético Mineiro

Brahian Palacios (Hamstring injury) and Cadu (Torn knee ligaments) will not be taking part for Atlético Mineiro manager Cuca Stival.

In all likelihood, Galo will probably go for a 4-4-2 system with Everson, Natanael, Lyanco, Junior Alonso, Guilherme Arana, Gustavo Scarpa, Alan Franco, Gabriel Menino, Tomas Cuello, Rony and Hulk.

ℹ️ Team News: São Paulo

There’s a good chance that Tricolor Paulista could decide to make use of a 4-4-2 formation, starting Rafael, Alan Franco, Robert Arboleda, Sabino, Igor Vinicius, Alisson, Luiz Gustavo, Wendell, Marcos Antonio, Jonathan Calleri and Luciano Neves.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that São Paulo will have to perform well to breach the defence of this Atlético Mineiro side who we think will score one, at least.

We’re therefore seeing a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for Atlético Mineiro after 90 minutes.

It should be a good one.

Peter Guest, 18:04 06/04/2025