The Fluminense & Santos managers O. Hellmann and A. Stival are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie A league table.
Fluminense and Santos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense have performed here this season with 5 wins from 9 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
The spoils were shared in Fluminense's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ceara (placed 13th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that, Fluminense played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Atlético Mineiro.
This is expected to be a close game, with Fluminense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fluminense as a small favourite), we find ten games. Fluminense has won four of these, drawn four and lost two.
A decent goal production from Fluminense in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Fluminense have conceded 9 goals.
Santos form and stats
4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Santos in their Serie A matches away.
Santos are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Copa Libertadores against Defensa y Justicia. Prior to that result Santos won their away game at Coritiba in the Serie A. The scoreline was 2-1.
Late drama in the previous game, when Marcos Leonardo scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Defensa y Justicia.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Santos in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Santos, four draws and three defeats.
After this away game Santos return home for a Copa do Brasil game against Ceara. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Santos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santos have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Fluminense, two draws and six wins for Santos. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 10 goals |   A. de Carvalho 7 goals |  M. Ferreira dos Santos 3 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Santos missing players
| Fluminense | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 71% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 18% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 186 | 99 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 86 | 199 |
| 62 | 31 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 22 | 64 |
| 40% | 52% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 36% |
- Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fluminense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fluminense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Santos | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Gremio | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Ceara | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Atletico PR | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 11 |