Coritiba vs Atletico Mineiro Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

This game promises to be a good one and has the potential to produce lots of goals. Atletico Mineiro still have an outside chance of winning the title but will almost certainly have to win all their remaining five games for it to be a realistic possibility. Therefore, a draw is no good to them here and they may as well go for it, so it should be an open game. Coritiba are 3 points above the drop-zone but don’t travel that well so will feel they to need to take advantage of their home fixtures and will also be targeting a victory that would push them to the brink of survival.

Atletico Mineiro games typically do produce lots of goals. They have the two highest scorers in the division in Fred and Robinho, who have formed easily the most deadly strike partnership in the division with 25 goals between them. Atletico Mineiro are joint highest scorers overall with 1.7 goals per game their average. However, defensively they are vulnerable and have the worst defensive record in the top nine and have let in 1.56 goals per game on their travels.

Coritiba are considerably weaker overall but at home they are quite strong and they do still come into this match as favourites, despite their vastly inferior league position. They’ve only lost 1 of their last 13 at home in the league and 72% of their league goals this season have come at home where they average a healthy 1.63 goals per game.

They aren’t brilliant at the back though and both teams have scored in 56% of Coritiba home games this season as well as 62% of Atletico Mineiro away matches. Given both sides have strong incentive to go and try to win this, backing Both Teams to Score at 4/5 looks like the best bet here.