Serie A game lowdown: Goiás against Fluminense

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 11.June
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro (50049 seats)

The visiting Fluminense team should be odds-on at Goiás, as the away side hold a 9 point lead from their nine league games this season.

Insights:
  • Goiás have the fewest scored goals (7) in Serie A
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Fluminense have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Goiás form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Goiás have to build on here at Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro in the Serie A. When Goiás hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Flamengo, Atletico Mineiro, Gremio, Botafogo and Palmeiras), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The home followers witnessed a 0-0 draw vs Gimnasia La Plata in the Copa Sudamericana last time out and are hoping for a victory here.

Before that game, the home loss against Cuiaba with the scoreline 0-1.

Goiás are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. When Goiás hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Coritiba, Corinthians, Bahia, America Mineiro, Cuiaba and Vasco da Gama), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Fluminense form and stats

2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fluminense in their Serie A matches away. Fluminense has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away matches in a row for Fluminense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus River Plate in the Copa Libertadores. Defender Nino was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Nino won 12 of 15 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Bragantino in the Serie A.

Fluminense have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Fluminense have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest fixtures featuring these teams have all ended as Fluminense victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FluminenseP. Chagas de Lima
P. Chagas de Lima
3 goals
GoiásM. da Silva
M. da Silva
2 goals
GoiásB. Ferreira Melo
B. Ferreira Melo
2 goals

Goiás missing players

Fluminense missing players

Goiás Fluminense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 5 9
2 2 1 Won W 1 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 3
7 5 2 Scored S 3 7 14
16 8 6 Conceded C 2 7 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
44% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 33%
22% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
11% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 44%
56% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 22%
 
6 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 5.7
6.7 6.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9.8 7.3
3.1 3.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 3.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.7 13 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 14.2 14.1
4.3 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 5.8 5.3
18% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 29%
 
16.7 14.5 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 20 16.7
5.2 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 7.2 4.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fluminense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Goiás have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Goiás have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Goiás have the fewest scored goals (7) in Serie A
  • Goiás have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Goiás 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 Botafogo 9 7 0 2 16 7 5 5 0 0 10 1 4 2 0 2 6 6 9 21
2 Palmeiras 9 5 4 0 20 8 5 4 1 0 12 5 4 1 3 0 8 3 12 19
3 Atletico Mineiro 9 5 2 2 13 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 17
4 Gremio 9 5 2 2 14 12 5 3 2 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 17
5 Flamengo 9 5 1 3 18 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 2 0 2 9 7 7 16
6 Fluminense 9 5 1 3 14 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 2 0 3 7 7 5 16
7 São Paulo 9 4 3 2 15 9 4 4 0 0 11 3 5 0 3 2 4 6 6 15
8 Atletico PR 9 5 0 4 12 11 5 4 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 1 15
9 Fortaleza 9 3 5 1 12 6 5 2 3 0 7 3 4 1 2 1 5 3 6 14
10 Cruzeiro 9 4 1 4 12 8 5 2 0 3 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 3 4 13
11 Bragantino 9 3 4 2 14 13 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 0 3 1 6 7 1 13
12 Santos 9 3 3 3 9 8 5 2 3 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 2 5 1 12
13 Internacional 9 3 2 4 8 12 4 3 0 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 3 9 -4 11
14 Cuiaba 9 3 2 4 8 13 4 0 2 2 3 8 5 3 0 2 5 5 -5 11
15 Bahia 9 2 2 5 9 14 4 1 1 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 2 7 -5 8
16 Corinthians 9 2 2 5 8 14 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 0 0 5 2 11 -6 8
17 Goiás 9 2 1 6 7 16 4 2 0 2 5 8 5 0 1 4 2 8 -9 7
18 America Mineiro 9 2 1 6 9 20 5 2 0 3 5 10 4 0 1 3 4 10 -11 7
19 Vasco da Gama 9 1 3 5 9 17 4 0 1 3 3 8 5 1 2 2 6 9 -8 6
20 Coritiba 9 0 3 6 8 20 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 0 1 4 5 13 -12 3

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.