On Sat Sep 3rd, in week 25, Coritiba and América Mineiro will play a match in Belo Horizonte in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, América Mineiro recorded a 1-1 draw against Atlético Mineiro. Vieira de Souza scored the first goal for Atlético Mineiro in the 10th minute, then in the 19th minute, Adilson dos Anjos Oliveira sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Henrique Almeida earning América Mineiro a comeback draw. América Mineiro should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 16th placed Coritiba is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Avaí. Fabrício Daniel scored the first goal for Coritiba in the 78th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Avaí couldn’t muster any offence and Coritiba ran away with the shutout win. Coritiba looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira, Coritiba was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Andriy Sakhnevych scored the first goal for Coritiba in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, América Mineiro was frustrated by Coritiba’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Coritiba ended the match with the shutout victory.
Coritiba is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Léo Gamalho and Egídio each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Pedrinho and Henrique Almeida have been the hottest scorers for América Mineiro in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.