About Match
23 points separate the sides: Náutico 9th on 37, América Mineiro 19th on 14. Náutico have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. Per game in the league, América Mineiro score 0.73 and conceding 1.73, Náutico 1.19 and 1.08, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game. A win would lift Náutico to 40 points and up to 7th (other results unchanged).
Náutico are unbeaten in 8, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 3/15 points for América Mineiro against 11/15 for Náutico.
The venue is Centro de Treinamento Flávio Pentagna Guimarães, with room for 23,000 spectators.




