Football match preview: Athletico PR vs Fluminense

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena da Baixada (43981 seats)

What a fixture, with Athletico PR positioned 6th and Fluminense at 3rd. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fluminense, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Athletico PR have less rest than Fluminense in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Palmeiras, was also a home game here at Arena da Baixada. The away team is better rested.

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Athletico PR form and stats

Athletico PR are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Arena da Baixada. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

Athletico's previous match was a Copa Libertadores game also played at home, finishing 1-0 vs Palmeiras. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Bento, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.85 out of 10 in that game. Bento topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-0 draw away in the Serie A before that, with Ceara the opponent.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletico PR as they are travelling to their away game against Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Athletico in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Athletico PR have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fluminense form and stats

4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fluminense in their Serie A matches away.

Fluminense played 1-1 against Palmeiras in their previous match. Arias got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. Arias served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 51 successful passes (of 52 total).

One game before, 2-2 at home hosting Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil.

Observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Fluminense find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Fluminense have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fluminense - Athletico PR 2-1 was the outcome when these teams formerly met, earlier this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: six wins for Athletico, zero draws and four wins for Fluminense. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

FluminenseG. Cano
G. Cano
13 goals
Athletico PRM. Terans Pérez
M. Terans Pérez
7 goals
FluminenseJ. Arias Andrade
J. Arias Andrade
5 goals

Athletico PR missing players

Fluminense missing players

Athletico PR Fluminense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 2 11 24
11 6 1 Won W 0 4 12
6 4 2 Drew D 1 4 6
7 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
29 17 2 Scored S 1 13 38
28 9 1 Conceded C 4 14 28
88% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 92%
58% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 55% 67%
42% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 50%
29% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 29%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 17%
42% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
38% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 33%
33% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 25%
 
4.8 5.1 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 6.1
6.7 5.6 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.8
2.5 2.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
13 15 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.2 14.2
4.2 5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.7 4.7
28% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 34%
 
16.2 14.2 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 13.8 11.3
4.8 4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 24 14 8 2 39 16 12 7 3 2 23 10 12 7 5 0 16 6 23 50
2 Flamengo 24 13 4 7 39 20 11 8 1 2 25 5 13 5 3 5 14 15 19 43
3 Fluminense 24 12 6 6 38 28 13 8 2 3 25 14 11 4 4 3 13 14 10 42
4 Corinthians 24 12 6 6 27 22 12 8 3 1 15 4 12 4 3 5 12 18 5 42
5 Internacional 24 11 9 4 38 23 12 7 4 1 27 11 12 4 5 3 11 12 15 42
6 Athletico PR 24 11 6 7 29 28 11 6 4 1 17 9 13 5 2 6 12 19 1 39
7 Atletico Mineiro 24 9 9 6 31 28 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 4 6 2 13 14 3 36
8 Santos 24 8 10 6 27 20 12 6 4 2 19 10 12 2 6 4 8 10 7 34
9 America Mineiro 24 9 5 10 20 25 12 6 3 3 14 11 12 3 2 7 6 14 -5 32
10 Goias 24 8 8 8 26 30 12 5 5 2 16 13 12 3 3 6 10 17 -4 32
11 Bragantino 24 8 7 9 33 30 12 6 3 3 19 10 12 2 4 6 14 20 3 31
12 Fortaleza 24 8 6 10 22 23 12 3 6 3 8 6 12 5 0 7 14 17 -1 30
13 Sao Paulo 24 6 11 7 31 29 12 5 4 3 20 14 12 1 7 4 11 15 2 29
14 Botafogo 24 7 6 11 22 29 12 3 3 6 10 12 12 4 3 5 12 17 -7 27
15 Ceara 24 5 12 7 23 24 12 2 6 4 11 13 12 3 6 3 12 11 -1 27
16 Coritiba 24 7 4 13 26 39 13 7 2 4 16 12 11 0 2 9 10 27 -13 25
17 Cuiaba 24 6 7 11 16 23 12 3 6 3 8 7 12 3 1 8 8 16 -7 25
18 Avai 24 6 5 13 23 37 12 5 3 4 17 16 12 1 2 9 6 21 -14 23
19 Atletico GO 24 5 7 12 23 36 12 4 3 5 13 12 12 1 4 7 10 24 -13 22
20 Juventude 24 3 8 13 18 41 12 2 4 6 10 17 12 1 4 7 8 24 -23 17

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.