On the 30th of April, América Mineiro hosts Athletico PR at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. América Mineiro sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Santos. Santos Almeida struck first for Santos in the 29th minute on a feed from, then Vinicius added another in the 52nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed América Mineiro couldn’t manage to score, and Santos took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while athletico PR is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Flamengo. David Terans struck first for Athletico PR in the 32nd minute on a penalty, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Flamengo was frustrated by Athletico PR’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Athletico PR ended the match with the shutout victory. Athletico PR looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Athletico PR is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Vitor Bueno and Marlos each having 2 goals in their last five. Both Ademir and Iago Maidana have been the hottest scorers for América Mineiro in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.