Fluminense supporters put their faith in manager Silva to deliver victory against São Paulo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (78838 seats)

The table tells us that 10 points split the two competitors in this Serie A game. Fluminense enjoy both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • São Paulo have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Serie A

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie A.

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Fluminense form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Fluminense have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.

Fluminense are confident in defense, having played 218 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Fluminense, who won 1-0 against Ceara (placed 17th). Arias, a forward, was the champion performer for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Arias served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 70 successful passes (of 76 total).

Before that match, a win away at Corinthians.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fluminense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Goias are coming to town in four days.

The Fluminense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 17 league matches. Fluminense have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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São Paulo form and stats

4-9-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for São Paulo in their Serie A matches away.

Paulo delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Atlético Mineiro (placed 6th) in their previous match. Calleri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Calleri scored two goals.

Before that, São Paulo secured a home win against Atletico GO with the score 2-1.

São Paulo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Internacional in just three days.

Paulo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As opposed to that, São Paulo have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other previously this season: São Paulo - Fluminense 2-2. Previous ten meetings with these squads: Fluminense won three, São Paulo were winners in three and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FluminenseG. Cano
G. Cano
21 goals
São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
18 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
9 goals

Fluminense missing players

São Paulo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fluminense São Paulo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
18 10 2 Won W 0 4 12
7 3 2 Drew D 4 9 15
10 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
56 33 6 Scored S 5 18 50
40 19 6 Conceded C 7 18 38
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 88% 91%
71% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 74%
51% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 29% 49%
29% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 12% 26%
14% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
46% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 60%
34% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 23%
26% 24% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 26%
 
5.7 7.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.4 6.2
5.4 4.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.4 4.7
2.1 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.2 2.8
9 3 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
14.6 17.3 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 12.5 14.1
5.1 5.8 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 4.7
32% 33% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 30%
 
12.6 10.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 13.5 12.4
4.2 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fluminense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • São Paulo have the most scored goals in the first half (29) 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 34 21 11 2 59 22 17 11 4 2 33 11 17 10 7 0 26 11 37 74
2 Internacional 34 17 13 4 52 30 17 11 5 1 35 14 17 6 8 3 17 16 22 64
3 Flamengo 34 18 7 9 56 32 17 11 3 3 35 11 17 7 4 6 21 21 24 61
4 Fluminense 35 18 7 10 56 40 17 10 3 4 33 19 18 8 4 6 23 21 16 61
5 Corinthians 34 16 10 8 39 32 17 11 4 2 23 10 17 5 6 6 16 22 7 58
6 Atlético Mineiro 35 13 13 9 41 35 17 7 5 5 22 16 18 6 8 4 19 19 6 52
7 Atletico PR 34 14 9 11 41 43 17 9 6 2 25 15 17 5 3 9 16 28 -2 51
8 São Paulo 35 12 15 8 50 38 18 8 6 4 32 20 17 4 9 4 18 18 12 51
9 Fortaleza 34 13 9 12 37 34 17 6 7 4 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 22 3 48
10 Botafogo 35 13 8 14 36 40 18 5 4 9 15 19 17 8 4 5 21 21 -4 47
11 America Mineiro 34 13 7 14 33 36 17 8 3 6 20 17 17 5 4 8 13 19 -3 46
12 Santos 34 11 10 13 40 33 17 8 4 5 27 16 17 3 6 8 13 17 7 43
13 Goias 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 5 8 4 19 18 17 5 5 7 18 25 -6 43
14 Bragantino 34 10 11 13 46 47 17 8 5 4 28 18 17 2 6 9 18 29 -1 41
15 Cuiaba 35 9 10 16 28 37 17 5 7 5 14 13 18 4 3 11 14 24 -9 37
16 Coritiba 34 10 5 19 34 56 17 10 3 4 22 14 17 0 2 15 12 42 -22 35
17 Ceara 35 6 16 13 30 37 18 3 8 7 16 21 17 3 8 6 14 16 -7 34
18 Atletico GO 34 8 9 17 34 51 17 6 4 7 19 19 17 2 5 10 15 32 -17 33
19 Avai 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 21 24 17 1 3 13 7 32 -28 28
20 Juventude 34 3 12 19 26 61 17 2 8 7 16 24 17 1 4 12 10 37 -35 21

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 34 21 11 2 59 22 17 11 4 2 33 11 17 10 7 0 26 11 37 74
2 Internacional 34 17 13 4 52 30 17 11 5 1 35 14 17 6 8 3 17 16 22 64
3 Flamengo 34 18 7 9 56 32 17 11 3 3 35 11 17 7 4 6 21 21 24 61
4 Fluminense 35 18 7 10 56 40 17 10 3 4 33 19 18 8 4 6 23 21 16 61
5 Corinthians 34 16 10 8 39 32 17 11 4 2 23 10 17 5 6 6 16 22 7 58
6 Atlético Mineiro 35 13 13 9 41 35 17 7 5 5 22 16 18 6 8 4 19 19 6 52
7 Atletico PR 34 14 9 11 41 43 17 9 6 2 25 15 17 5 3 9 16 28 -2 51
8 São Paulo 35 12 15 8 50 38 18 8 6 4 32 20 17 4 9 4 18 18 12 51
9 Fortaleza 34 13 9 12 37 34 17 6 7 4 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 22 3 48
10 Botafogo 35 13 8 14 36 40 18 5 4 9 15 19 17 8 4 5 21 21 -4 47
11 America Mineiro 34 13 7 14 33 36 17 8 3 6 20 17 17 5 4 8 13 19 -3 46
12 Santos 34 11 10 13 40 33 17 8 4 5 27 16 17 3 6 8 13 17 7 43
13 Goias 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 5 8 4 19 18 17 5 5 7 18 25 -6 43
14 Bragantino 34 10 11 13 46 47 17 8 5 4 28 18 17 2 6 9 18 29 -1 41
15 Cuiaba 35 9 10 16 28 37 17 5 7 5 14 13 18 4 3 11 14 24 -9 37
16 Coritiba 34 10 5 19 34 56 17 10 3 4 22 14 17 0 2 15 12 42 -22 35
17 Ceara 35 6 16 13 30 37 18 3 8 7 16 21 17 3 8 6 14 16 -7 34
18 Atletico GO 34 8 9 17 34 51 17 6 4 7 19 19 17 2 5 10 15 32 -17 33
19 Avai 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 21 24 17 1 3 13 7 32 -28 28
20 Juventude 34 3 12 19 26 61 17 2 8 7 16 24 17 1 4 12 10 37 -35 21

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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.