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America Mineiro invite Cuiaba to the Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in Brazilian Serie A action on Friday.
The home team are winless in their last three league outings, playing two draws in a row. They held Corinthians to a 1-1 draw with Gustavo Silva scoring the equalizing goal to deny America the three points from the match.
Cuiaba are winless in their last five league games, suffering three losses and playing out two draws in that period. They failed to record a single shot on target in their game against Athletico Paranaense on Sunday and ended up suffering a 1-0 loss.
America Mineiro vs Cuiaba Head-to-Head
The two sides have crossed paths six times across all competitions. Four games came in the Brazilian second division, while they met for the first time in Serie A last season.
They last met at Arena Pantanal in league action in March last year, with Coelho recording a 2-0 win.
America Mineiro form guide (all competitions): D-L-D-D-L
Cuiaba form guide (all competitions): L-L-D-W-L
America Mineiro vs Cuiaba Team News
America Mineiro
Índio Ramirez, João Paulo, Paulinho Boia, Jori and Berrío remain sidelined with injuries at the moment. A week's rest between their last game and this one has helped Everaldo, Wellington Paulista, Germán Conti and Danilo Avelar to recover from their respective injuries.
Iago Maidana suffered a foot injury in the game against Corinthians and is the latest casualty for the home team.
Injured: Indio Ramírez, Pedrinho, Paulinho Boia, Juninho, Iago Maidana
Doubtful: Jori, Berrío, Edu
Suspended: None
Unavailable: None
Cuiaba
Elton is the only reported injury concern for Dourado while Alesson picked up the third yellow card of the campaign and will serve a one-match ban here.
Injured: Elton
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Alesson
Unavailable: None
America Mineiro vs Cuiaba Predicted XIs
America Mineiro (3-5-2): Jailson (GK); Marlon, Juninho Valoura, Luan Patrick; Lucas Kal, Patric, Zé Ricardo, Felipe Azevedo, Rodriguinho; Aloisio, Henrique Almeida
Cuiaba Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Walter; João Lucas, Marllon, Alan Empereur, Uendel; Marcão Silva, Pepê; Felipe Marques, Valdívia, Christhian Rivas; Jenison
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America Mineiro vs Cuiaba Prediction
Both sides have struggled in front of goal this season, with the hosts scoring nine goals in eight games and Cuiaba scoring just six goals (the second-worst attacking record in the league).
While the Belo Horizonte-based side have a lengthy injury list at the moment, they performed well against Corinthians last time around and we back them to emerge victorious in this match.
Prediction: America Mineiro 1-0 Cuiaba
