On Sun Aug 28th, in week 24, América Mineiro hosts Atlético Mineiro in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams in the ever popular Belo Horizonte derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. América Mineiro is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Athletico PR. Pablo Felipe scored the first goal for Athletico PR in the 25th minute, but Henrique Almeida got the equalizer for América Mineiro in the 64th minute earning them at least the one point. América Mineiro is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Atlético Mineiro is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Goiás. Pedro Raúl scored the first goal for Goiás in the 51st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Atlético Mineiro couldn’t muster any offence and Goiás ran away with the shutout win. Atlético Mineiro is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sat May 7th, América Mineiro took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Iago Maidana scored the first goal for América Mineiro in the 7th minute on a penalty, but Ignacio Fernández got the equalizer for Atlético Mineiro in the 70th minute on a penalty.
Keno and Cristian Pavón are the top scorers for Atlético Mineiro in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Everaldo has been the most prolific scorer on América Mineiro in the last 5 matches with three goals.