Match Preview and Betting Tips.
The derby match of the round in Serie A will be played on Wednesday evening at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo. The defending champions are going to host the runners up from the last term in a game of huge importance. Atletico Mineiro are looking much better in the league standings with ten matches to be played until the end of the season. This will be one of the last opportunities for Corinthians to get involved in the battle for the top positions ahead of the final part of the season.
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Corinthians have been playing awful over the last couple of weeks as the negative series of five straight matches without a single victory dropped the team to 7th position after 28 rounds of the competition. The poor results caused the change on the bench as Cristovao Borges has been dismissed on September 17th. Former Corinthians defender Fabio Carille took charge of the team, but he did not bring the much needed refreshment as he suffered three straight defeats without a single goal scored against Palmeiras, Fluminense and Botafogo.
Atletico Mineiro on the other side are in a positive run of three back to back victories in all competitions. The team climbed up to the third position having celebrated three league victories in last four matches and the first placed Palmeiras is now only five points away. The former Real Madrid striker Robinho is playing phenomenal this season, having bagged 11 goals so far in Serie A.
The odds are dropping heavily on Corinthians to take three points on home ground, but we would not advise you to back them since the visitors have shown much better football lately. Instead, our main betting prediction for this match will be Under 2.5 goals at the odds of 9/10. We are confident that the importance of the match will dictate the tactics, and we will thus see a great battle in the center of the court without too many goal scoring opportunities on both ends of the pitch.
Head To Head
Atletico Mineiro won 2-1 when the sides met earlier in the season but they’ve lost on 5 of their last 6 visits to Corinthians.
Stats
Atletico Mineiro have won 10 of their last 14 league games. 4 of those wins were by 2-1 margins. Corinthians have lost their last 2 Serie A home games having lost none of the previous 29.
Team News
Giovanni Augusto and Rodriguinho are both set to return to the midfield after weekend suspensions. However Ángel Romero is away with Paraguay so Gustavo should start up front. They still have 4 players out injured including Vilson.
Júnior Urso is suspended while Maicosuel is out injured. There are also 5 players away on international duty so Atletico Mineiro have some real selection issues here. However most of their key players are still available including Fred and Robinho, who boast the most prolific strike partnership in the league this term and important centre-back Leonardo Silva will also start.
