Evenly matched teams: Bragantino vs Fluminense match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid (17724 seats)

Greeting visitors in their own stadium is secure and nice for Bragantino, but Fluminense are fully motivated and able to win. What happens?

Insights:
  • Bragantino have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Serie A
  • Fluminense is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A

Bragantino can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Fluminense is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bragantino form and stats

Bragantino have collected 29 points from their Serie A home games so far after 8-5-5. When Bragantino hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Flamengo, Internacional, Atletico PR, Corinthians and Palmeiras), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Bragantino lost their last game at Fortaleza (placed 8th) after a 0-6 scoreline. Bragantino were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Cleiton had a busy but productive day in the Fortaleza match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Ahead of that match, Bragantino lost 1-4 at home to America Mineiro.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 13 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from Bragantino in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 18 league matches. On the other hand, Bragantino have conceded 22 goals.

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Fluminense form and stats

Playing away, Fluminense have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Serie A this season. The fact that Fluminense have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Fluminense go into this game after a win, the home game against Goiás that ended 3-0. Which player has scored four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Cano and that is quite the feat! Martins got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Martins signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs São Paulo.

Fluminense have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Fluminense have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived scoreline involving both these sides is the Fluminense - Bragantino 2-1 played previously this season. Bragantino-Fluminense H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Bragantino two wins, Fluminense three wins, two draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FluminenseG. Cano
G. Cano
25 goals
BragantinoL. Candido de Almeida
L. Candido de Almeida
11 goals
FluminenseJ. Arias Andrade
J. Arias Andrade
7 goals

Bragantino missing players

Fluminense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bragantino Fluminense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
11 8 2 Won W 3 8 20
11 5 1 Drew D 0 4 7
15 5 2 Lost L 3 6 10
49 29 7 Scored S 9 23 62
58 22 7 Conceded C 7 21 41
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
81% 78% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 73%
54% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 54%
30% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 30%
16% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 14%
59% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 39% 46%
19% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 39% 35%
24% 22% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 24%
 
5.8 6.7 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 5.9
5.8 5.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6 5.3
2.2 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.1
6 3 1 Red cards R C 2 6 9
 
14.4 16.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.1 14.9
4.6 5.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 5.2
29% 30% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 29% 32%
 
13.7 11 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.6 12.4
4.8 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bragantino have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Serie A
  • Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fluminense is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A

  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 37 23 12 2 66 24 19 13 4 2 39 12 18 10 8 0 27 12 42 81
2 Internacional 37 19 13 5 55 31 18 12 5 1 37 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 24 70
3 Fluminense 37 20 7 10 62 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 18 8 4 6 23 21 21 67
4 Corinthians 37 18 11 8 44 35 18 12 4 2 24 10 19 6 7 6 20 25 9 65
5 Flamengo 37 18 8 11 59 37 18 11 3 4 36 13 19 7 5 7 23 24 22 62
6 Atletico PR 37 15 10 12 45 48 18 10 6 2 28 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 -3 55
7 America Mineiro 37 15 7 15 39 39 18 9 3 6 21 17 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 52
8 Fortaleza 37 14 10 13 44 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 18 7 2 9 20 26 5 52
9 Atletico Mineiro 36 13 13 10 41 37 18 7 5 6 22 18 18 6 8 4 19 19 4 52
10 São Paulo 37 12 15 10 51 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 18 4 9 5 19 21 9 51
11 Botafogo 36 14 8 14 38 40 18 5 4 9 15 19 18 9 4 5 23 21 -2 50
12 Santos 36 12 11 13 44 36 18 8 5 5 28 17 18 4 6 8 16 19 8 47
13 Goiás 37 11 13 13 40 49 18 6 8 4 20 18 19 5 5 9 20 31 -9 46
14 Bragantino 37 11 11 15 49 58 18 8 5 5 29 22 19 3 6 10 20 36 -9 44
15 Coritiba 37 12 6 19 38 58 19 11 4 4 25 16 18 1 2 15 13 42 -20 42
16 Cuiaba 36 9 11 16 29 38 18 5 8 5 15 14 18 4 3 11 14 24 -9 38
17 Atletico GO 37 8 11 18 38 56 19 6 5 8 22 23 18 2 6 10 16 33 -18 35
18 Ceara 37 6 16 15 30 40 18 3 8 7 16 21 19 3 8 8 14 19 -10 34
19 Avai 37 8 8 21 32 59 19 7 4 8 24 26 18 1 4 13 8 33 -27 32
20 Juventude 37 3 13 21 28 65 19 2 9 8 18 27 18 1 4 13 10 38 -37 22

Table
  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 37 23 12 2 66 24 19 13 4 2 39 12 18 10 8 0 27 12 42 81
2 Internacional 37 19 13 5 55 31 18 12 5 1 37 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 24 70
3 Fluminense 37 20 7 10 62 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 18 8 4 6 23 21 21 67
4 Corinthians 37 18 11 8 44 35 18 12 4 2 24 10 19 6 7 6 20 25 9 65
5 Flamengo 37 18 8 11 59 37 18 11 3 4 36 13 19 7 5 7 23 24 22 62
6 Atletico PR 37 15 10 12 45 48 18 10 6 2 28 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 -3 55
7 America Mineiro 37 15 7 15 39 39 18 9 3 6 21 17 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 52
8 Fortaleza 37 14 10 13 44 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 18 7 2 9 20 26 5 52
9 Atletico Mineiro 36 13 13 10 41 37 18 7 5 6 22 18 18 6 8 4 19 19 4 52
10 São Paulo 37 12 15 10 51 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 18 4 9 5 19 21 9 51
11 Botafogo 36 14 8 14 38 40 18 5 4 9 15 19 18 9 4 5 23 21 -2 50
12 Santos 36 12 11 13 44 36 18 8 5 5 28 17 18 4 6 8 16 19 8 47
13 Goiás 37 11 13 13 40 49 18 6 8 4 20 18 19 5 5 9 20 31 -9 46
14 Bragantino 37 11 11 15 49 58 18 8 5 5 29 22 19 3 6 10 20 36 -9 44
15 Coritiba 37 12 6 19 38 58 19 11 4 4 25 16 18 1 2 15 13 42 -20 42
16 Cuiaba 36 9 11 16 29 38 18 5 8 5 15 14 18 4 3 11 14 24 -9 38
17 Atletico GO 37 8 11 18 38 56 19 6 5 8 22 23 18 2 6 10 16 33 -18 35
18 Ceara 37 6 16 15 30 40 18 3 8 7 16 21 19 3 8 8 14 19 -10 34
19 Avai 37 8 8 21 32 59 19 7 4 8 24 26 18 1 4 13 8 33 -27 32
20 Juventude 37 3 13 21 28 65 19 2 9 8 18 27 18 1 4 13 10 38 -37 22

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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.