Atletico Mineiro vs Sao Paulo Predictions

Atletico Mineiro vs Sao Paulo Match Info

Date: Thursday June 13 2019
Kick-off time: Midnight BST Thursday/Friday
Venue: Estadio Independencia
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Atletico Mineiro vs Sao Paulo Head-To-Head Record

Last 4 matches

September 6 2018: Atletico Mineiro 1-0 Sao Paulo
May 5 2018: Sao Paulo 2-2 Atletico Mineiro

October 12 2017: Atletico Mineiro 1-0 Sao Paulo
June 18 2017: Sao Paulo 1-2 Atletico Mineiro

Total head-to-head league matches played since 1998: 35
Atletico Mineiro wins: 12
Sao Paulo wins: 15
Draws: 8

Atletico Mineiro vs Sao Paulo Stats

• Atletico Mineiro have won five of their last seven matches against Sao Paulo
• Both teams have scored, with over 2.5 goals in the game, in seven of their latest 10 meetings
• Under 2.5 goals have been scored in all of Sao Paulo’s last eight games in all competitions

Atletico Mineiro vs Sao Paulo Match Preview

Atletico Mineiro have made a highly encouraging start to the season and are fancied to gain another victory at home to Sao Paulo.

Brazilian champions only once, in 1971, but Copa Libertadores winners much more recently in 2013, Atletico are hot on the heels of Serie A leaders Palmeiras and Santos this term.

Their main strength has been their home form with three wins out of four, scoring eight goals in those victories, and just a solitary defeat to reigning champions Palmeiras.

Sao Paulo, meanwhile, were eighth of 20 entering match-week nine and have been difficult to beat, primarily because they have been keeping things very tight defensively.

The only team to have got the better of Sao Paulo so far are Corinthians, who beat them 1-0 at home, but draws have been the order of the day up to now for head coach Cuca’s side.

This is something of a clash of styles, with Atletico Mineiro generally the much more expansive, but Sao Paulo could make life awkward for them and so we will back the home side to grind out merely a narrow victory.

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Atletico Mineiro vs Sao Paulo Betting Tips

Atletico Mineiro to win @ Evens with Ladbrokes
Both teams to score? NO @ 8/11 with Ladbrokes