Atletico PR vs Chapecoense Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

It has been a wonderful campaign really from Atletico PR and they have surprised many people with just how well they are doing. With 8 games to go after this one, they are flying high in 6th place, above last season’s champions Corinthians. A place in next year’s Copa Libertadores might not be completely beyond them, providing they can keep their outstanding home form going.

They are bidding for a 5th straight home win here and have only suffered one league defeat at the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães this term and that was against current leaders Palmeiras. Only 2 other sides have even picked up a point there so that is testament to the task facing Chapecoense in this one.

Chape couldn’t be coming into this off a worse performance. They were abysmal against Vitoria in the 1st Half on Saturday, going into the interval 4-0 down on their own patch to the dismay of their fans. It’s been a pretty solid season apart from that and they are in 11th place currently and shouldn’t be getting dragged into a relegation battle, but if they continue to play as they did against the Salvador side, then it couldn’t be ruled out.

Caio Júnior will want a response from his players here but will also be aware of how tough this is going to be. The sides have already met 3 times this term, with Atletico PR narrowly winning a recent Copa do Brasil tie, so they know each other pretty well. The tendency for Chape might be to sit deeper here and try and keep things a bit tighter given how poor their defence was against Vitoria but that wouldn’t really be playing to their strengths. Atletico PR are very strong at the back so it’s hard to see the visitors causing many problems if they do adopt a more cautious approach and the Curitiba side are still likely to get enough chances to win the game, given the problems Chapecoense have had defensively this term.

Therefore, backing Atletico PR to Win at 8/11 looks to offer value here.