📊 Form Guide

Atlético Mineiro

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Atlético Mineiro will be hoping for a better result after the 3-2 Copa Sudamericana losing effort in their last game against Deportes Iquique.

In that game, Atlético Mineiro managed 74% possession and 24 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Atlético Mineiro, the goals were scored by Rubens (10') and Bernard (79'). On the other side, Deportes Iquique got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Atlético Mineiro have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 9 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 8. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Atlético Mineiro:

• haven't won against Fluminense in their previous 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Fluminense

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Since tasting defeat last time out to GV San José in Copa Sudamericana competition, Fluminense will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Fluminense had 61% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 1 on target. GV San José had 18 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

In 5 of the prior 6 clashes involving Fluminense, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to a paltry 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Tricolor standing at 0.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 22/06/2023, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Atlético Mineiro winning 2 of those games, Fluminense 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 from Galo and 6 belonging to Tricolor. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

🗞️ Team News: Atlético Mineiro

Guilherme Arana (Thigh problems), Cadu (Torn knee ligaments), Gabriel Menino (Inflammation of ligaments in the knee), Alan Franco (Knee injury) and Lyanco (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Atlético Mineiro boss Cuca Stival.

In our view, Galo should kick off with a 4-3-3 formation for the game and select Everson, Natanael, Romulo, Júnior Alonso, Caio Paulista, Gustavo Scarpa, Rubens, Bernard, Hulk, Rony and Tomás Cuello.

📋 Team News: Fluminense

Fluminense manager Renato Portaluppi has some current player fitness concerns. Riquelme (Knee injury), Otávio (Achilles tendon rupture), Germán Cano (Knee injury) and Thiago Silva (Hamstring injury) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Tricolor will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Fabio, Samuel Xavier, Ignacio, Juan Pablo Freytes, Gabriel Fuentes, Martinelli, Gustavo Nonato, Jhon Arias, Ganso, Agustín Canobbio and Everaldo.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Fluminense may well find it hard to hit the back of the net against this Atlético Mineiro team who we think will get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re going for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for Atlético Mineiro at the end of this game.

Should be interesting.

Renata Leite, 20:04 11/05/2025