Week 12 brings us a match on Jun 16th where América Mineiro hosts Fluminense at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 9th placed América Mineiro, recorded a 0-1 loss against São Paulo. Patrick scored the first goal for São Paulo in the 34th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed América Mineiro couldn’t manage to score, and São Paulo took the shutout win. América Mineiro is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while fluminense is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Atlético GO. Jefferson scored the first goal for Atlético GO in the 35th minute, then Wellington Rato added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fluminense couldn’t manage to score, and Atlético GO took the shutout win. Fluminense is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Germán Cano has been the most effective weapon for Fluminense lately. The Argentinian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. América Mineiro’s most prolific scorer has been dos Santos Goncalves. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.