BELO HORIZONTE. Atlético Mineiro prevails over Cuiabá 1-0 after Paulinho scored just 1 goal (42′). Atlético Mineiro was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio Raimundo Sampaio stadium in Belo Horizonte on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima with the help of Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis and Francisco Chaves Bezerra Junior. The 4th official was Wanderson Alves de Souza. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.7 degrees Celsius or 92.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Atlético Mineiro had a strong ball possession 64% while Cuiabá was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Mineiro had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlético Mineiro won the match​.

Atlético Mineiro shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cuiabá shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Atlético Mineiro received 3 yellow cards (Mauricio Lemos, Otávio and Pedrinho). On the other side, Cuiabá received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Mineiro, Denilson and Marllon).

Standings

After playing this match, Atlético Mineiro will have 37 points to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Cuiabá will stay with 29 points like Cruzeiro and Internacional to gain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Atlético Mineiro will play away with Bragantino on the 24th of October with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Atlético Mineiro (5 draws).

Cuiabá will host Athletico PR on the 2nd of December with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Athletico PR (1 draw).

Atlético Mineiro – Formation

Atlético Mineiro adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luiz Elena Felipe Scolari decided to play with the following team: Éverson (7.8), Mariano (7.0), Bruno Fuchs (7.0), Mauricio Lemos (7.3), Guilherme Arana (7.5), Otávio (7.0), Rodrigo Battaglia (7.1), Pedrinho (6.8), Paulinho (7.3), Cristian Pavón (6.4) and Hulk (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Réver, Edenilson (6.4), Alan Kardec (6.4), Matías Zaracho (7.0), Igor Gomes, Hyoran, Alan Franco, Renzo Saravia, Matheus Mendes, Jemerson (6.7), Rubens and Patrick.

Substitutions

Atlético Mineiro made 5 changes: Pedrinho for Edenilson (87′), Hulk for Alan Kardec (87′), Mauricio Lemos for Jemerson (67′), Cristian Pavón for Matías Zaracho (68′) and Paulinho for Réver (90′).

Best player: Éverson​

The most impressive player for Atlético Mineiro was the goalkeeper: Éverson. His rating is 7.75. He performed 3 saves.

Cuiabá – Formation

Also Cuiabá adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

António José Cardoso de Oliveira played with: Walter (6.7), Matheus Alexandre (7.1), Marllon (7.5), Alan Empereur (6.8), Uendel (6.3), Fernando Sobral (6.7), Denilson (7.3), Raniele (6.8), Wellington Silva (6.7), Deyverson (7.5) and Clayson (7.0).

They had on the bench: Ronald, Isidro Pitta, Pablo Ceppelini (6.7), Emerson Ramon, Rikelme (6.7), João Carlos, Derik Lacerda (7.0), Lucas Mineiro (6.4), Allyson, Calebe, Pablinho (6.4) and Patric Calmon.

Substitutions

Cuiabá made 5 changes: Wellington Silva for Derik Lacerda (46′), Fernando Sobral for Lucas Mineiro (46′), Denilson for Pablo Ceppelini (80′), Uendel for Rikelme (71′) and Clayson for Pablinho (71′).

Best player: Marllon​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cuiabá was Marllon.

His rating is (7.5) with 35 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Atlético Mineiro – Cuiabá – 1-0