Showdown between Fortaleza - Santos! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this fixture could be awesome!
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
- Santos have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza have played 9 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Fortaleza are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Fortaleza haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Lucero scored that one.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Libertad in the Copa Sudamericana last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Goias (0-1).It should be added that a glance at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The Fortaleza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fortaleza have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Santos form and stats
Santos have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-1-6 (8 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Santos are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Santos played 1-1 against Atletico PR in their previous match. Attacker Lima got a player rating of 7.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Lima dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 64 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Fluminense before that.Goals are few and far between in Santos's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 8 travels. As for defending, Santos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fortaleza three wins, five draws and Santos two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 7 goals |  J. Mendoza Valencia 5 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 3 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Santos missing players
| Fortaleza | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | 27 |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 61% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 28% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 22% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 25% | 44% |
| 39% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 6.2 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14.8 | 16.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.2 | 10.4 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 17% | 19% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 17% | 30% |
| 13.6 | 12.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 17.9 | 15.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 7 | 5.4 |
- Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santos have the fewest scored goals (3) away 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 | Botafogo | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goias | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
