In this week 10 match, on Thursday Jun 9th, Fluminense hosts Atlético Mineiro in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 12th placed Fluminense is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Juventude. Claro dos Santos struck first for Juventude on an own goal in the 32nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Fluminense couldn’t muster any offence and Juventude ran away with the shutout win. Fluminense is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Atlético Mineiro is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Palmeiras. Neither Palmeiras nor Atlético Mineiro could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Atlético Mineiro should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Wed Sep 15th, Atlético Mineiro hosted Fluminense in their last match together. Atlético Mineiro won by a score of 1 to 0. Givanildo Vieira de Souza scored the first goal for Atlético Mineiro in the 56th minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fluminense couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético Mineiro ran away with the shutout win.
Vieira de Souza has been the most prolific scorer on Atlético Mineiro in the last 5 matches with two goals. Fluminense is glad to have Germán Cano in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.