Sunday 17 July 2016

Atlético Paranaense vs Vitória Brazil Serie A Match Preview And Prediction - July 18, 2016

Atletico PR are starting to look like the real dark-horses of this Brazilian Serie A season. Nobody really expected them to do much more than hover in mid-table but their convincing 3-0 win at Cruzeiro in midweek has fired them into the top four and really got one or two people taking a bit more notice of them and it was their 4th win in 6 matches. When you look at some of the sides they’ve beaten you begin to think they might just have a shot of sticking around at the top end for the duration. They’ve also beaten the likes of Sao Paulo, Santos and Gremio and they are looking really good at the back. Coming into this match they’ve conceded just 1 goal in their last 560 minutes of football.

Vitoria fans have plenty to be optimistic about too. They are performing better than the other 3 promoted clubs and come into this game in 12th place. They are unbeaten in 5 league matches too so they are on a good run of form and they’ve also picked up a surprise win against high-flying Gremio so Atletico PR cannot afford to rest on their laurels here.

The Salvador club aren’t great at the back though. They’ve only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 21 away games in the top flight and they are yet to do so this season. Aside from that win at Gremio, they’ve picked up only 3 points from their 6 away league games this term. Atletico PR’s home form is stunning and they’ve won 5 home games on the spin coming into this match and have lost just 1 of their last 21 at the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in all competitions.

They are playing with real belief and purpose right now so the value here surely can be found by backing Atletico PR to win again at home at 4/5.

Vitoria have won on 2 of their last 3 visits here including a 5-3 win three years ago. Atletico PR won the most recent meeting between the two clubs with a 2-0 home win in 2014.

Atletico PR have been drawing at half time but winning by full time in their last 4 home matches in the Brasileirão. Both teams have scored in 5 of Vitoria’s 7 Serie A away games since they returned to the top flight.

Atletico PR are likely to stick with the players that performed so well at Cruzeiro in midweek.

Vitoria are in decent form and are likely to make few changes here with top scorer Kieza leading the attack.

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