On Saturday night, Corinthians host Atletico Mineiro at the Arena Corinthians, as the visitors look to continue their strong start to the Brazilian top-flight campaign.
Corinthians have made an underwhelming start to the Brazilian Serie A season, as they have picked up just 14 points from their opening 11 matches. Despite the unimpressive start to the campaign, the home side is still in the last qualification spot for the Copa Sudamericana. However, they are also just two points adrift of the Copa Libertadores’ qualifying spots.
Sylvinho’s team have won just one of their last five matches in the Brazilian top-flight. On the flip-side, they have also suffered just one defeat in their previous seven league matches.
Corinthians recent Serie A matches have been low-scoring, tight games, as their last five league matches have produced under 2.5 goals.
The Timao have struggled for home form, having won just one of their last seven Serie A games on home soil. They are unbeaten in three home matches in the Brazilian top-flight, which could be the start of a better home run.
Atletico Mineiro are enjoying a promising season and currently sit third in the Serie A table, just three points adrift of the leaders Palmeiras.
The visitors head into this game on the back of a four-game winning run in the Brazilian top-flight after a 1-0 win in the derby match against America Mineiro in their last league outing.
Their most recent league games have been relatively low-scoring, as seven of their last ten Serie A games have produced under 2.5 goals.
Atletico have been pretty strong on their travels of late, having won five of their last seven away games in the Brazilian top-flight.
Forebet predicts that Atletico Mineiro will continue their stellar recent league run by recording a victory in a low-scoring encounter.