Aug 14th features a match where América Mineiro will play host to Santos in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 10th placed América Mineiro is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Juventude. Pedrinho struck first for América Mineiro in the 8th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Juventude was frustrated by América Mineiro’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. América Mineiro ended the match with the shutout victory. América Mineiro is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Santos is fresh off their 2-1 win against Coritiba. Madson scored the first goal for Santos in the 47th minute, but Léo Gamalho got the equalizer for Coritiba in the 57th minute. Santos is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 24th of April, Santos was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Santos Almeida struck first for Santos in the 29th minute on a feed from, then Vinicius added another in the 52nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed América Mineiro couldn’t manage to score, and Santos took the shutout win.
Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida has been the most effective weapon for Santos lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. América Mineiro’s most prolific scorer has been Everaldo. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.