On Thursday Jul 21st, in week 18, Cuiabá hosts Atlético Mineiro at Arena Pantanal in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 33 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 15th placed Cuiabá is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Botafogo. Alesson struck first for Cuiabá in the 22nd minute, then André Luís added another in the 8th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Botafogo was frustrated by Cuiabá’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cuiabá ended the match with the shutout victory. Cuiabá is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Mineiro is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Botafogo. Matías Zaracho scored the first goal for Atlético Mineiro in the 55th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Botafogo couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético Mineiro ran away with the shutout win. Atlético Mineiro should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Atlético Mineiro won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Jussa and Rever Humberto Alves de Araujo are the top scorers for Atlético Mineiro in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Cuiabá hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are J. Pereira and Valdívia, and they each have 1 goal.