Fortaleza want to sell many tickets for this match even though the season has been strenuous up to now with 14 points and a 19th place in the Serie A table. Guests Santos are in 9th place with 25 pts.
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (4) at home 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.
It's no vacation for neither Fortaleza nor Santos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Fortaleza form and stats
With 1 Serie A win, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Fortaleza are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The supporters are hoping that Fortaleza will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Bragantino (placed 8th). The defeat against Bragantino was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored seven minutes into stoppage time (by Novaes). Brítez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Brítez scored one goal and won 7 of 10 duels.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Atlético GO.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 Fortaleza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fortaleza, as the Copa do Brasil home game vs Fluminense is only four days away.
The lack of attacking qualities in Fortaleza means that they have only scored 4 goals in 9 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Fortaleza have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Santos form and stats
There's been little loot from Santos's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Serie A. Santos only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws.
Santos are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Botafogo (placed 12th). Santos goalie Paulo was high and low in the Botafogo game, contributing ten saves towards the victory. Paulo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.13. The agile goalkeeper Paulo topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Avai's place.Santos 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, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The attacking power of Santos when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Fortaleza-Santos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortaleza two wins, Santos two wins, six draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 7 goals |  L. Carrilho Baptistão 5 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Santos missing players
| Fortaleza | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 56% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 61% |
| 39% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 17.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.5 | 13.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| 20% | 10% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 12.2 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14.1 | 15.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (4) at home 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 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Internacional | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Santos | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 11 | Ceara | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Avai | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Goias | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | América Mineiro | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Juventude | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 13 |
