Atlético Mineiro demolishes Santos 3-1 with 2 goals from F. I.. HIGHLIGHTS

BELO HORIZONTE. Atlético Mineiro beat Santos 3-1 thanks to F. I. who scored in the 69th and 81st minute.

October 14, 2021

BELO HORIZONTE. Atlético Mineiro topped Santos 3-1 thanks to F. I. who scored in the 69th and 81st minute. It was Santos to score first with a goal from Raniel. However, later Atlético Mineiro found the way to turn the table scoring 3 consecutive goals with I. Fernandez (69′), Nathan (75′) and I. Fernandez (81′). Atlético Mineiro took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

I. Fernandez missed a penalty (81′) for Atlético Mineiro.

I. Fernandez missed 1 penalty (81′) for Atlético Mineiro.

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto stadium in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior who had the assistance of Bruno Boschilia and Ivan Carlos Bohn. The 4th official was Murilo Francisco Misson Junior. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

Atlético Mineiro

3 - 1

Santos

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

14 Total 6
6 On Target 2
8 Off Target 4
1 Shots blocked 1

119 Attack 76
62 Dangerous attack 24
79 Ball safe 87

2 Penalties 0
4 Corners 2

Fouls

10 Total 12
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 6

Ball possesssion

Atlético Mineiro was in firm control of the ball 58% while Santos was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Mineiro was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlético Mineiro won the match.

Atlético Mineiro shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Santos shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Atlético Mineiro received 1 yellow card (Dodo). On the other side, Santos received 6 yellow cards (J. Mota, L. Braga, Para, Raniel, Marinho and Wagner Leonardo).

Match Timeline

11'

46'

48'

50'

63'

64'

66'

67'

João Paulo - Yellow

68'

69'

74'

75'

76'

Igor Rabello- sub ->Keno

77'

79'

81'

82'

84'

Dodô- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Atlético Mineiro will have 56 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Santos will stay with 28 points like Juventude to stay in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Atlético Mineiro will play away with Atlético GO on the 17th of October with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Atlético Mineiro (3 draws).

Santos will play away agasint Sport Recife on the 17th of October with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of Santos (7 draws).

Atlético Mineiro – Formation

Atlético Mineiro

Everson 22.Brazil

6.1

Mariano 25.Brazil

6.8

63'

Réver 4.Brazil

6.4

Dodô 6.Brazil

7.0

84'

Nathan Silva 40.Brazil

7.2

75'

Jair 8.Brazil

6.5

64'

Allan 29.Brazil

6.9

Matías Zaracho 15.Argentina

7.4

Dylan Borrero 30.Colombia

6.8

46'

Keno 11.Brazil

7.1

77'

Diego Costa 19.Spain

6.7

46'

Substitutes

Rafael 32.Brazil

Guga 2.Brazil

Igor Rabello 16.Brazil

6.8

77'

Micael 45.Brazil

Calebe 27.Brazil

7.2

63'

Hyoran 20.Brazil

Nacho Fernández 26.Argentina

8.1

46'

69', 81'

Tchê Tchê 37.Brazil

6.2

64'

Nathan 23.Brazil

Neto 41.Brazil

Sávio 33.Brazil

Eduardo Sasha 18.Brazil

7.0

46'

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 (6.1), Mariano (6.8), Nathan Silva (7.2), Réver (6.4), Dodô (7.0), Jair (6.5), Allan (6.9), Matías Zaracho (7.4), Dylan Borrero (6.8), Keno (7.1) and Diego Costa (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Calebe (7.2), Hyoran, Sávio, Nacho Fernández (8.1), Tchê Tchê (6.2), Guga, Nathan, Rafael, Neto, Igor Rabello (6.8), Eduardo Sasha (7.0) and Micael.

Substitutions

Atlético Mineiro made 5 changes: D. Borrero for I. Fernandez (46′), D. Costa for Eduardo (46′), Jair for Tche Tche (64′), Mariano for C. Goncalves (64′) and Keno for I. Rabello (77′).

Best player: Nacho Fernández

The most impressive player for Atlético Mineiro was Nacho Fernández.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 15 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 4 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Santos – Formation

Santos

João Paulo 34.Brazil

6.8

67'

Emiliano Velázquez 61.Uruguay

6.1

Wagner Leonardo 14.Brazil

6.1

74'

Vinicius Balieiro 17.Brazil

6.3

82'

Camacho 29.Brazil

6.3

Zanocelo 25.Brazil

6.4

Marcos Guilherme 23.Brazil

6.6

75'

Lucas Braga 30.Brazil

6.1

68'

Jean Mota 41.Brazil

7.1

75'

74'

Marinho 11.Brazil

6.5

76'

Léo Baptistão 9.Brazil

6.4

11'

Substitutes

Jandrei 93.Brazil

Diógenes 52.Brazil

M. Ricci 21.Brazil

50'

Danilo Boza 22.Brazil

Moraes 42.Brazil

Madson 13.Brazil

6.4

75'

J. Souza 8.Brazil

Luiz Henrique 47.Brazil

Gabriel Pirani 20.Brazil

6.1

75'

D. Tardelli 99.Brazil

6.4

82'

Ângelo 27.Brazil

Raniel 12.Brazil

7.0

11'

50'

48'

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

On the other side, Fábio Carille played with: João Paulo (6.8), Vinicius Balieiro (6.3), Emiliano Velázquez (6.1), Wagner Leonardo (6.1), Marcos Guilherme (6.6), Guilherme Camacho (6.3), Vinicius Zanocelo (6.4), Lucas Braga (6.1), Jean Mota (7.1), Marinho (6.5) and Léo Baptistão (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Diego Tardelli (6.4), Pará, Ângelo, Jobson, Jandrei, Diogenes, Raniel (7.0), Luiz Henrique, Danilo Boza, Moraes, Gabriel Pirani (6.1) and Madson (6.4).

Santos could not rely on the presence of Raniel (injured).