BELO HORIZONTE. Atlético Mineiro overcomes América Mineiro 1-0 after G. Arana scored just 1 goal (62′). Atlético Mineiro took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto stadium in Belo Horizonte on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 60,142 spectators.​ The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio with the help of Fabricio Vilarinho Da Silva and Bruno Raphael Pires. The 4th official was Michel Patrick Costa Guimarães. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.9 degrees Celsius or 80.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Atlético Mineiro had a strong ball possession 56% while América Mineiro was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Mineiro was was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlético Mineiro won the match​.

Atlético Mineiro shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, América Mineiro shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Atlético Mineiro received 3 yellow cards (J. Savarino, G. Arana and J. Alonso). Regarding the opposition, América Mineiro received 2 yellow cards (B. Nazario and F. D. de Souza).

Standings

After this contest, Atlético Mineiro will have 65 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, América Mineiro will stay with 38 points like Athletico PR to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Atlético Mineiro will host Corinthians on the 10th of November with a 13-12 head to head record in favor of Corinthians (6 draws).

América Mineiro will play away agasint Sport Recife on the 11th of November with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of América Mineiro (2 draws).

Atlético Mineiro – Formation

Atlético Mineiro started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Alexi Stival decided to play with the following team: Éverson (7.3), Mariano (7.5), Nathan Silva (7.1), Junior Alonso (7.8), Guilherme Arana (7.8), Tchê Tchê (7.0), Allan (6.8), Jefferson Savarino (6.3), Matías Zaracho (6.4), Eduardo Vargas (7.4) and Hulk (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Rafael, Dodô, Guga (6.6), Igor Rabello, Réver, Dylan Borrero, Calebe, Hyoran, Nathan, Neto, Diego Costa (6.4) and Eduardo Sasha.

Atlético Mineiro could not rely on the presence of Guga (injured) and Dodo (injured).

Substitutions

Atlético Mineiro made 4 changes: J. Savarino for D. Costa (57′), Mariano for Guga (85′), G. Arana for Dodo (90′) and F. Zaracho for Rever (90′).

Best player: Junior Alonso​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlético Mineiro was Junior Alonso even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 56 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10.

América Mineiro – Formation

América Mineiro started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Marcos Vinícius dos Santos Gonçalves played with: Matheus Cavichioli (7.9), Patric (6.1), Ricardo Silva (7.0), Eduardo Bauermann (6.2), Marlon Lopes (7.3), Alê (6.8), Lucas Kal (7.3), Juninho (7.3), Ademir (7.1), Mauro Zárate (6.4) and Felipe Azevedo (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Jory, Anderson, João Paulo, Alan Ruschel, Juninho Valoura, Bruno Nazário (6.8), Zé Ricardo, Marcelo Toscano, Léo Passos, Ribamar (6.8), Rodolfo and Fabrício Daniel (6.5).

Substitutions

América Mineiro made 4 changes: F. Azevedo for F. D. de Souza (61′), M. Zarate for Ribamar (73′), Ale for B. Nazario (73′) and Juninho for M. Toscano (90′).

Best player: Matheus Cavichioli​

The player that probably impressed the most for América Mineiro was the goalkeeper: Matheus Cavichioli. His rating is 7.85. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Fluminense – Sport Recife – 1-0
• Santos – Palmeiras – 0-2
• Atlético Mineiro – América Mineiro – 1-0
• Bahia – São Paulo – 1-0
• Bragantino – Athletico PR – 0-2