Fluminense manager Silva looking for three points in Fortaleza showdown

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira (18230 seats)

A glance at the Serie A standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Read our Fluminense - Fortaleza guide!

Insights:
  • Fluminense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.

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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Fluminense form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira as Fluminense have scored 18 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 8-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Fluminense, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Fluminense are returning here after guesting Olimpia in a Copa Libertadores game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Cano, a forward, was the top player for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.84 (out of 10). Cano scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Atletico PR that finished 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fluminense handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The Fluminense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Fluminense are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

The club members enjoyed Fortaleza's previous game versus América Mineiro, a Copa Sudamericana win (2-1) played at home.

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

Fortaleza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Highlight this: 11 of the last 14 league matches featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Fortaleza in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered meeting featuring both these participants is the Fortaleza - Fluminense 4-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Fluminense victories, three draws and two Fortaleza wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FluminenseG. Cano
G. Cano
7 goals
FluminenseJ. Kennedy Batista de Souza
J. Kennedy Batista de Souza
4 goals
FortalezaJ. Lucero
J. Lucero
4 goals

Fluminense missing players

Fortaleza missing players

Fluminense Fortaleza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 10 21
10 8 2 Won W 0 3 9
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
6 0 0 Lost L 3 5 7
30 18 5 Scored S 1 8 25
22 6 1 Conceded C 7 11 20
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 86%
81% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 62%
43% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 38%
19% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 10% 19%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
48% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 30% 33%
33% 45% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 43%
24% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 40% 38%
 
6 6.5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 5.1
6 4.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 5.1
3.1 3.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.4 14.3 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.8 14.9
5.9 6.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 5.6
24% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 17% 21%
 
14.6 11.9 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15 13.4
4.4 2.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.7 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza have scored away.
  • Fortaleza 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 Botafogo 21 16 3 2 38 11 11 11 0 0 26 3 10 5 3 2 12 8 27 51
2 Palmeiras 21 11 7 3 37 17 10 7 2 1 18 8 11 4 5 2 19 9 20 40
3 Gremio 20 11 3 6 32 25 11 8 2 1 23 10 9 3 1 5 9 15 7 36
4 Flamengo 21 10 6 5 34 26 10 5 4 1 16 6 11 5 2 4 18 20 8 36
5 Fluminense 21 10 5 6 30 22 11 8 3 0 18 6 10 2 2 6 12 16 8 35
6 Bragantino 21 9 8 4 29 21 11 6 4 1 17 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 8 35
7 Atletico PR 21 9 6 6 31 25 11 7 3 1 21 12 10 2 3 5 10 13 6 33
8 Fortaleza 21 9 5 7 25 20 11 6 3 2 17 9 10 3 2 5 8 11 5 32
9 Atletico Mineiro 21 8 6 7 24 18 10 4 3 3 13 10 11 4 3 4 11 8 6 30
10 Cuiaba 21 8 4 9 21 25 10 3 3 4 12 13 11 5 1 5 9 12 -4 28
11 São Paulo 21 7 7 7 25 21 11 7 2 2 18 9 10 0 5 5 7 12 4 28
12 Cruzeiro 21 6 7 8 20 20 11 3 3 5 5 8 10 3 4 3 15 12 0 25
13 Corinthians 20 6 7 7 22 23 9 4 4 1 14 8 11 2 3 6 8 15 -1 25
14 Internacional 21 6 7 8 17 24 10 4 3 3 10 9 11 2 4 5 7 15 -7 25
15 Goias 21 6 6 9 20 29 10 3 4 3 11 14 11 3 2 6 9 15 -9 24
16 Bahia 21 5 6 10 22 28 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 1 3 7 4 16 -6 21
17 Santos 21 5 6 10 21 34 11 4 5 2 18 15 10 1 1 8 3 19 -13 21
18 Vasco da Gama 20 4 4 12 15 30 10 3 1 6 6 12 10 1 3 6 9 18 -15 16
19 Coritiba 21 3 5 13 21 42 10 2 3 5 10 13 11 1 2 8 11 29 -21 14
20 América Mineiro 20 3 4 13 22 45 10 3 1 6 11 20 10 0 3 7 11 25 -23 13

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.