Soccer betting preview: Fortaleza welcomes Fluminense in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Fortaleza are ready to do battle with Fluminense in this Serie A game. All you need to learn about the game is here!

It's quite the trip for Fluminense when visiting Fortaleza as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fortaleza and Fluminense.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The first Serie A game here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo resulted in a draw. Last season Fortaleza's home game statistics were 7 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 19 games.

Fortaleza are returning here after visiting Aguia de Maraba in a Copa do Brasil fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Coritiba and winning 3-0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Fortaleza at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Fluminense form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Fluminense have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel. It's been 420 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

Two trips in a row for Fluminense, whose coach Silva could celebrate last time after the Copa do Brasil win against Paysandu. Alexsander was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.3. The defender Alexsander hit two key passes and won 12 of 17 duels.

Before that, Fluminense secured a home win against Atletico PR with the score 2-0.

A new game in only three days for Fluminense, the Copa Libertadores home match versus River Plate. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fluminense has managed {3 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Fluminense have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Fortaleza.

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaG. Souza Lisboa
G. Souza Lisboa
2 goals
FortalezaM. Vieira da Veiga
M. Vieira da Veiga
1 goals
FortalezaS. Romero
S. Romero
1 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Fluminense missing players

Fortaleza Fluminense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 0 3 5
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 5.5
2 1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11 8.5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 24 24 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 14.5
7.5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 6
27% 17% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 42%
 
14.5 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 13.5
6.5 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1.5
Fortaleza Last season Fluminense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   7 15
15 7   Won W   4 10
10 8   Drew D   0 1
13 4   Lost L   3 4
46 24   Scored S   11 32
39 13   Conceded C   6 9
89% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
61% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 73%
39% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 47%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 20%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 20%
47% 37%   BTTS BTTS   29% 27%
39% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 53%
24% 37%   Failed to Score F T   29% 20%
 
5.3 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   7.7 6.8
5.4 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3.7
2.2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 2.1
4 2   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.7 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 13.1
4.3 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.4
28% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 40%
 
12.7 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 9.3
4.4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fluminense 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
2 Fortaleza 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Palmeiras 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
4 Vasco da Gama 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Bragantino 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Internacional 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 São Paulo 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
8 Flamengo 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
9 Bahia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Goias 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
11 Cruzeiro 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
12 Atletico PR 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Gremio 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Corinthians 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
15 Botafogo 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
16 Cuiaba 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Atletico Mineiro 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Santos 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Coritiba 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0
20 America Mineiro 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 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 Palmeiras 38 23 12 3 66 27 19 13 4 2 39 12 19 10 8 1 27 15 39 81
2 Internacional 38 20 13 5 58 31 19 13 5 1 40 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 27 73
3 Fluminense 38 21 7 10 63 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 9 4 6 24 21 22 70
4 Corinthians 38 18 11 9 44 36 19 12 4 3 24 11 19 6 7 6 20 25 8 65
5 Flamengo 38 18 8 12 60 39 19 11 3 5 37 15 19 7 5 7 23 24 21 62
6 Atletico Mineiro 38 15 13 10 45 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 7 8 4 20 19 8 58
7 Atletico PR 38 16 10 12 48 48 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 0 58
8 Fortaleza 38 15 10 13 46 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 19 8 2 9 22 26 7 55
9 São Paulo 38 13 15 10 55 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 19 5 9 5 23 21 13 54
10 America Mineiro 38 15 8 15 40 40 19 9 4 6 22 18 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 53
11 Botafogo 38 15 8 15 41 43 19 6 4 9 18 19 19 9 4 6 23 24 -2 53
12 Santos 38 12 11 15 44 41 19 8 5 6 28 19 19 4 6 9 16 22 3 47
13 Goias 38 11 13 14 40 53 19 6 8 5 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 31 -13 46
14 Bragantino 38 11 11 16 49 59 19 8 5 6 29 23 19 3 6 10 20 36 -10 44
15 Coritiba 38 12 6 20 39 60 19 11 4 4 25 16 19 1 2 16 14 44 -21 42
16 Cuiaba 38 10 11 17 31 42 19 6 8 5 17 15 19 4 3 12 14 27 -11 41
17 Ceara 38 7 16 15 34 41 19 4 8 7 20 22 19 3 8 8 14 19 -7 37
18 Atletico GO 38 8 12 18 39 57 19 6 5 8 22 23 19 2 7 10 17 34 -18 36
19 Avai 38 9 8 21 34 60 19 7 4 8 24 26 19 2 4 13 10 34 -26 35
20 Juventude 38 3 13 22 29 69 19 2 9 8 18 27 19 1 4 14 11 42 -40 22

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.