The bragging rights belong to Fluminense at this point, with their 3rd position in the Serie A table and welcoming Goiás (who are placed 13th).
- Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Goiás is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 18 games.
Fluminense's last game was hosting Sao Paulo (placed 9th) and winning 3-1. Cano was absolutely essential when Fluminense beat Sao Paulo 3-1, scoring three goals. The versatile forward Cano outshone all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 9.64 out of 10. Cano scored three goals and hit the woodwork once.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ceará.Fluminense are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 0 and lost 0.
Fluminense are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Bragantino awaits in four days.
Fluminense have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Goiás form and stats
Playing away, Goiás have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 8 defeats in the Serie A this season.
Impressive finishing from Nicolas secured the home win 1-0 against Juventude in their previous game. That win felt good as this team had gone three league games without winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Ventura when Nicolas scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute. Hugo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Hugo won 6 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, the Goiás manager Ventura faced defeat when travelling to Atletico PR and losing 2-3.After this away game Goiás return home for a Serie A game against Sao Paulo. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Goiás have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 18 games. Goiás struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Goiás - Fluminense 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Fluminense victories, zero draws and three Goiás wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
![]() G. Cano 24 goals | ![]() P. Garay da Silva 19 goals | ![]() J. Arias Andrade 7 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Goiás missing players
| Fluminense | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 59 | 36 | 12 | Scored | S | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 41 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | 46 |
| 94% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 72% | 83% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 64% |
| 53% | 61% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 42% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 22% | 19% |
| 14% | 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 22% | 14% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | 58% |
| 33% | 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 25% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 33% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.7 | 17.3 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 32% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| 12.5 | 10.3 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.4 | 20 | 18.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
- Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fluminense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Goiás have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 41 | 77 |
| 2 | Internacional | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 54 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 67 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 64 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 64 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 61 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -3 | 54 |
| 7 | America Mineiro | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 52 |
| 8 | Atletico Mineiro | 35 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 52 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 51 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 51 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 26 | -1 | 48 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -4 | 47 |
| 12 | Santos | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
| 13 | Goiás | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -6 | 46 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 52 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 30 | -3 | 44 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 35 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 56 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 42 | -21 | 38 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 37 |
| 17 | Ceará | 36 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 34 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 35 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 19 | Avaí | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 59 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 33 | -29 | 29 |
| 20 | Juventude | 36 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 38 | -37 | 21 |