It's game two of the Serie A season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Fluminense-Cuiabá!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa do Brasil. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bragantino, was also a home game here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. The away team is better rested.
Cuiabá have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Fluminense form and stats
Last season, Fluminense's league statistics were 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Carioca 1. Over these eleven matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 11. Playing at home last season Fluminense managed 3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 9 conceded.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Fluminense, as their goalkeeper Marcos Felipe de Freitas Monteiro has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the Serie A.
Fluminense's previous game was a Copa do Brasil match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Bragantino (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result.
0-0 away at Sao Paulo before that.There will be little rest for Fluminense after this match as they are travelling to Bragantino for a Copa do Brasil game in only three days.
Cuiabá form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cuiabá performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 13 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 13/17 goals scored/conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Cuiabá as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.
There were no winners in Cuiabá's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 2-2 vs Juventude (placed 10th). Attacker Clayson got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Clayson served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
A draw for Cuiabá before that, at their own venue hosting Operario Ltda (1-1).Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Barbosa 1 goals |  E. Rodrigues Brandão 1 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Cuiabá missing players
| Fluminense | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Fluminense | Last season | Cuiabá | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 53% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 12% | 33% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 33% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 60% | ||
| 7% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 7% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 37% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ceara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Atletico GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuiabá | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Juventude | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Gremio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Atletico Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Nova Iguacu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 12 | Macae | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -23 | 1 |