Mistake and Atletico Mineiro played out a goalless draw in the Brazilian Championship women's regular season on Saturday. The result keeps both sides in the lower half of the table as the competition reaches its final stretch. Mistake took the field at home while Atletico Mineiro came in looking to build on their recent form.
Atletico Mineiro controlled the tempo through the first half and kept pressing in the second. They registered 69 attacks to Mistake's 50 and held 58 per cent of possession. But for all their territory, the visitors could not find a way back into it when it mattered. They registered six shots on target without forcing a save, while Mistake offered nothing in return with zero on target.
The statistics tell a straightforward story. Atletico Mineiro had more attacks and corners were split five to three in the hosts' favour, though the visitors had the sharper edge in front of goal. Three yellow cards on each side meant the match stayed clean. By then, neither manager had a reason to complain about the final result.
In the standings, Mistake sit fourteenth with twelve points from seventeen games, while Atletico Mineiro occupy thirteenth place on sixteen points. Both clubs have nine defeats already, which suggests the season has been difficult for them both. The gap between them remains narrow, and either side could climb with a win.
This draw does not change much in the table, but it extends a run of results that neither team wanted. Atletico Mineiro had lost their last outing 2-0 away at RB Bragantino and came here looking for momentum. Mistake, meanwhile, have only two victories all season and will need to find a different approach if they want to avoid the drop.
