Week 26 brings us a match on Sep 7th, where Atlético Mineiro will host Bragantino at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in a clash of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Atlético Mineiro sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against América Mineiro. Givanildo Vieira de Souza struck first for Atlético Mineiro in the 10th minute, then Henrique Almeida got the equalizer for América Mineiro in the 19th minute on a feed from dos Anjos Oliveira squeezing out at least the one point for América Mineiro. Atlético Mineiro is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while bragantino is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Corinthians. Gustavo Silva scored the first goal for Corinthians in the 31st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bragantino couldn’t muster any offence and Corinthians ran away with the shutout win. Bragantino is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Atlético Mineiro and Bragantino last played eachother at the Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid on May 11th. Bragantino and Atlético Mineiro battled to a 1-1 draw. Oliveira dos Santos scored the first goal for Bragantino in the 13th minute, then Ignacio Fernández tied it up for Atlético Mineiro in the 66th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Atlético Mineiro.
Bragantino’s top weapon lately has been Luan Candido, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Atlético Mineiro is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Cristian Pavón and Igor Rabello da Costa each only have 1 goal in their last 5.