The Campeonato Goiano reaches its second round and right at the beginning of the competition we will have the classic between Atlético Goianiense and Goiás, two strong candidates for this season’s state league title.
The competition has a total of 12 teams, where the top 8 teams advance to the playoffs and the last 2 fall to the second division.
Both teams started winning in the first round, but perhaps without a performance that we could call spectacular.
Atlético-GO
It was a lukewarm, somewhat apathetic game from the Atlético team, which entered the field with broad favoritism, but possibly still feeling the effects of the pre-season.
Although there were no major risks, there was not much offensive creation and the only goal of the match came through a penalty kick, in the first half, converted by Shaylon.
The current state league champion could have played a slightly more aggressive game, but we believe it’ll still improve throughout the season.
On that occasion, the team had the debut of striker Vagner Love, their big signing for this year, but he also did little throughout the game.
The team will now make its debut at home and the expectation is that as the games go by, it will be in better physical condition to play a more intense game.
Atlético is perhaps the big favorite to win another state football title, but facing Goiás they will face their first challenge and we will have an idea of exactly what they can provide for this season.
Goiás
Goiás also won in the first round and appears in third place, but like its rival, it also won by just one to zero.
And it was also a very difficult game, where Goiás was unable to impose a better game model, which was expected from a favorite team.
Goiânia, with a strong defensive game, led the match to a goalless draw, until in the 85th minute the Goiás team managed to score the goal, with players coming from the bench.
It was a game with very little creation, Goiás barely managed to impose a more intense game, which is also not expected at the beginning of the season.
Perhaps the score that could best reflect what happened in the game would be a goalless draw, but, in the 39th minute of the second half, Johnny Lucas crossed and Breno Herculano completed a beautiful volley, to score the only goal of the match.
Now Goiás will have an even greater challenge, I don’t believe they are the favorites in this match, but I have to take into account that both teams still don’t present their best conditions, be they physical or technical.
Conclusion:
Therefore, my betting choice will be on the line of fewer goals, taking into account that both teams presented in the first round their difficulties and also their more economical scores.