America Mineiro vs Corinthians Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

On paper at least this game should be a mismatch as it sees Corinthians, who were hugely impressive in winning the title last season take on the side that sneaked into the 4th and final promotion position in Serie B. However this season looks like it is going to be anything but a stroll for the Sao Paulo club given they’ve already lost their coach to the national side and have already suffered 4 defeats, which is just 1 fewer than they incurred in all of the last campaign. All those defeats have come away from home too but there are signs that new coach Cristóvão Borges is settling things down and they did win 2-1 at the weekend against another of the newly promoted sides, Santa Cruz.

America Mineiro you have to say appear the weakest of the 20 teams in the Brazilian top flight and it is no surprise to see them bottom as things stand and they are already 4 points from safety. They’ve lost 4 of their last 5 matches and suffered a 1-0 home defeat against city rivals Atlético Mineiro at the weekend so they don’t come into this match in the best of spirits. 7 of their 8 points have come at home but they’ve already lost 3 times on their own patch and it would no surprise if that was 4 by the end of this game.

Corinthians clearly are vastly the superior side and although they have lost all of their last 3 away games they were all against fairly strong sides including current leaders Palmeiras and the side that finished runners up to them last year, Atletico Mineiro. This is their second visit to Belo Horizonte in the space of a week and they should enjoy this one considerably more given America have been really unimpressive so far. Therefore you can surely find value in backing Corinthians to win at 21/20.