São Paulo x Atlético Goianiense – Palpite & Prognóstico (19.09.2021)

São Paulo

São Paulo won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 3-1 Copa do Brasil losing effort in their last game against Fortaleza.

It’s been seldom in recent times where São Paulo have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that São Paulo have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals along the way. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained in this game.

Going into this contest, São Paulo have not registered a win against Atlético Goianiense in their last 2 matches in the league.

Atlético Goianiense

In their last game, Atlético Goianiense drew 1-1 in the Serie A tie with Corinthians.

In that match, Atlético Goianiense managed 51% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Atlético Goianiense was Zé Roberto (89′). On the other side, Corinthians got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Gabriel Pereira (60′) was the scorer for Corinthians.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Eduardo Barroca’s Atlético Goianiense have managed to stick the ball in the net 6 times thus earning them the goals per game average of 1.

Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 19/10/2012 tells us that São Paulo have won 3 of these games & Atlético Goianiense 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 from Tricolor Paulista and 6 created by Dragão. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Serie A match day 2 on 05/06/2021 which ended up with the score at Atlético Goianiense 2-0 São Paulo.

On that day, Atlético Goianiense managed 38% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Éder Ferreira (23′) and João Paulo (79′).

For their opponents, São Paulo got 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Diego Pombo Lopez.

Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Atlético Goianiense will likely be able to put a goal past this São Paulo lineup, but it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for São Paulo at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.