Atletico Mineiro take on the visitors Athletico Paranaense in the round 21 match of Brazilian Serie A. The match will be played on Monday, August 8th at Mineirão (Belo Horizonte).
Atletico Mineiro are losing ground this season. The hosting side waited exactly half a century for their last year's champion title. And, perhaps, they celebrated this triumph for too long. It is already clear that the chances of repeating this result will not work immediately in 2022. There is still an opportunity to compensate for everything in the Copa Libertadores, where they managed to get into the quarterfinals, and now they are fighting with Palmeiras. There, having led at the beginning of the 2nd half 2-0, they allowed the visitors to snatch a draw in the end. At the same time, the results in Serie A are not the best, especially in the last rounds. In 5 recent rounds, only 1 victory was taken, moreover, both recent matches, with Corinthians and Internacional, ended in defeats. As a result, the team flew out of the top 6, that is, they are now outside the "Copa Libertadores zone".
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Athletico Paranaense in 2022 are trying to achieve success on all fronts. The Hurricane won, not for the first time, the Copa Sudamericana last season. But at the same time, they performed extremely poorly in the domestic arena, finishing as low as 14th position. Now the wards of Luis Felipe Scolari are quite successfully fighting on all fronts. They perform in tha Cope Libertadores at the same time as Hulk and company - they hosted Estudiantes in mid-week. Here the duel with the Argentines ended in a goalless draw, no one scored. There are still cup chances, this round started with a goalless draw at the Flamengo pitch. And at the same time, having won twice in the last 3 rounds of Serie A, the club managed to reach 4th place in the current standings. True, the leader, Palmeiras, has already come off by 8 points after 20 matches played.
Athletico Paranaense won a head-to-head last time in 2020. After that, there were already 6 defeats in a row. Including in the 2nd round of the current season, Atletico Mineiro took 1-0 win on the road. Atletico Mineiro is seen as the clear favorite. But Atletico Paranaense is not hopeless, and it is worth looking at the option with a "+1" handicap on the visitors.
Prediction for the match: Athletico Paranaense to win with +1.0 handicap.
