On Sunday Jun 26th, in week 14, Atlético Mineiro hosts Fortaleza at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 4th placed Atlético Mineiro is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Flamengo. Ignacio Fernández struck first for Atlético Mineiro in the 35th minute, then Ademir added another in the 85th minute In the end, Flamengo was frustrated by Atlético Mineiro’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Atlético Mineiro ended the match with the shutout victory. Atlético Mineiro is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while fortaleza sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against América Mineiro. Yago Pikachu struck first for Fortaleza in the 43rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, América Mineiro couldn’t muster any offence and Fortaleza ran away with the shutout win. Fortaleza looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Atlético Mineiro took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Diego Costa scored the first goal for Atlético Mineiro in the 61st minute, then Vieira de Souza added another in the 84th minute on a penalty kick.
For Fortaleza, their top scorers are Robson Fernandes and Yago Pikachu, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Eduardo Sasha and Rodrigues Junior are the top scorers for Atlético Mineiro in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.