Atletico-MG vs Santos 2-1

Atletico-MG beat Santos 2-1 at Arena MRV after a late swing in stoppage time. Santos went ahead through Gabriel Barbosa in the 88th minute, but Atletico-MG levelled in the 90+1st minute and won it in the 90+7th.

The first half ended goalless. Atletico-MG had already been forced into a change in the 45th minute, when Alan Minda replaced Victor Hugo Gomes Silva, while Santos switched Benjamín Rollheiser for Rony in the same minute. The score at half-time was Atletico-MG 0-0 Santos.

Santos broke through first when Gabriel Barbosa finished in the 88th minute from Philippe Coutinho, who had come on in the 72nd minute, to make it Atletico-MG 0-1 Santos. Atletico-MG responded in the 90+1st minute through Vitor Hugo Franchescoli de Souza, set up by Maycon de Andrade Barberan, who had come on in the 69th minute, to level at 1-1. Four minutes later, Thiago Borbas settled it in the 90+7th minute from Alan Minda, who had been introduced in the 45th minute. Atletico-MG had made three changes by 70 minutes and Santos made two in the 72nd minute, and those bench moves fed into the late turnaround.

The numbers matched a close game rather than the late scoreline. Atletico-MG had 58% of the possession and 548 passes to Santos’ 553, with the home side also having more shots, 21-10, more on target, 5-3, more corners, 12-3, and a slightly higher xG at 1.46 to 1.14. Santos had more saves, 4-2, and more offsides, 3-1, while Atletico-MG committed 10 fouls to Santos’ 12.

Discipline was busy on both sides. Atletico-MG were booked three times, with Alan Franco in the 45+2nd minute, Thiago Borbas in the 66th minute and Igor Gomes in the 70th minute. Santos were shown five yellow cards: Lucas Veríssimo in the 45+4th minute, Luan Peres in the 66th minute, João Schmidt in the 85th minute, and Gabriel Barbosa and Willian Arão both in the 89th minute. There were no red cards.