Atlético Mineiro 3-0 Sport Recife: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 18 September 2021

Result

Atlético Mineiro 3-0 Sport Recife

Serie A · Saturday 18 September 2021, 22:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Atlético Mineiro · Sport Recife · Serie A predictions

Atlético Mineiro 3-0 Sport Recife: match report

Atlético Mineiro won against Sport Recife 3-0 in Serie A on Saturday 18 September 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Atlético Mineiro's goals came from Diego Costa (35'), Hulk (45+1') and Eduardo Vargas (90+9', penalty). Sport Recife did not score.

Discipline: Atlético Mineiro received 2 yellow cards; Sport Recife received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atlético Mineiro were 1st on 42 points from 19 and Sport Recife 19th on 17 points from 20. Atlético Mineiro went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Sport Recife 19th with 38.

Atlético Mineiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sport Recife in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Guilherme Arana of Atlético Mineiro (8.0), ahead of Tchê Tchê (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atlético Mineiro wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sport Recife.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · S. TréllezSport Recife
  • 15'Yellow card · AllanAtlético Mineiro
  • 32'Yellow card · Paulinho MoccelinSport Recife
  • 35'Goal · Diego CostaAtlético Mineiro · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · HulkAtlético Mineiro · 2-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Tchê TchêAtlético Mineiro
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Rafael ThyereSport Recife
  • 90+9'Penalty goal · Eduardo VargasAtlético Mineiro · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Atlético Mineiro 4, draws 4, Sport Recife 2.

Team news

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Atlético Mineiro line-up (4-2-3-1)

Everson, Guga, Nathanael Ananias da Silva, Júnior Alonso, Guilherme Arana, Tchê Tchê, Allan, Matías Zaracho, Hulk, Keno, Diego Costa

Sport Recife line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mailson, Hayner, Rafael Thyere, Sabino, Sander, Hernanes, Marcão, Santiago Tréllez, Everton Felipe, Paulinho Moccelin, Mikael