Vitoria vs Atletico Paranaense Prediction & Betting Tips

Form: contrasting recent runs

Atletico Paranaense's last 20 matches have been fairly even: eight wins, seven draws and five defeats, with goals roughly balanced at both ends. It's a mixed sample that takes in cup games and a couple of friendlies, but the overall picture is a side that rarely gets beaten badly and often avoids defeat altogether.

Vitoria: 20 completed matches; Atletico Paranaense: 20 completed matches.

Vitoria

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

30

Difference

-8

Atletico Paranaense

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

24

Difference

+2

Vitoria's last 20 make for tougher reading. Eight wins against ten defeats, and they've shipped more goals than they've scored over that stretch. That's a leaky record, and it points to defensive problems that have been around for a while.

Comparative Team Statistics: Vitoria vs Atletico Paranaense

Head-to-head: recent meetings split

The two sides met twice in a Copa Do Brasil tie in August, with Vitoria winning the home leg 4-0 before Atletico Paranaense hit back with a 2-0 win in the away leg. A Serie A meeting back in April went the other way too, Atletico Paranaense winning 3-1 at home.

There's a long history between these clubs going back over a decade, but those older results don't say much about how either side is playing now. The recent meetings suggest goals have flowed at both ends, without one side clearly dominating.

League table: a big gap

Atletico Paranaense currently sit third with 49 points from 28 games, having won 14 and lost just seven. Vitoria are down in 13th with 33 points from the same number of matches, and already have 13 defeats on the board.

That's a sizeable gap in league position, and it lines up with the contrast in recent form as well.

The table backs up what the form figures are already showing.

Players to watch

Atletico Paranaense's main threat is K. Viveros, who has scored 18 goals in 26 appearances this season, comfortably their top scorer. Vitoria's leading man, Rene, has managed nine in 21 games, a much quieter return by comparison.

Vitoria:

Best scorers:

Rene - 9

Best assist providers:

Erick - 5

Penalty cards:

Cacá x 1 x 5

E. Martínez x 8

Injury list:

Marinho

R. Ramos

Atletico Paranaense:

Best scorers:

K. Viveros - 18

Best assist providers:

João Cruz - 5

L. Esquivel - 5

G. Benavídez - 5

Penalty cards:

B. Zapelli x 1 x 4

Arthur Dias x 7

Injury list:

Renan Peixoto

Renan Viana

Both squads have a couple of names flagged as questionable through injury: Marinho and R. Ramos for Vitoria, Renan Peixoto and Renan Viana for Atletico Paranaense. None of that confirms who'll actually be missing on the day, especially with the game still some weeks away.