Santos vs Flamengo match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Urbano Caldeira (16798 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Santos - Flamengo!

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.

Santos can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Happy, happy days for Flamengo who are already winners of the Serie A. This could affect their motivation.

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Santos form and stats

43 points is a decent return from 18 Serie A games here at Urbano Caldeira for Santos. The data says 13 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. Santos has recorded two wins in a row here at Urbano Caldeira, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The fans are hoping that Santos will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Athletico PR (placed 5th). Before that, Santos had a home game versus Chapecoense which ended with a victory 2-0.

Goals decide football matches and Santos are scoring many of them at home; 40 on target from 18 league matches. Santos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Urbano Caldeira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 18 matches.

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Flamengo form and stats

Flamengo, who have the most scored goals (86) in Serie A, have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 11-4-3 from 18 games. Things are running smoothly for Flamengo who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 24 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Bahia. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Bahia game have they lost an away game, meaning Flamengo has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Flamengo's previous game versus Avaí (placed 20th), a Serie A 6-1 win played at home. Prior to that result Flamengo won their away game at Palmeiras. The scoreline was 3-1.

As mentioned above, Flamengo was the only team on the pitch versus Avaí in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

Flamengo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 18 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Flamengo - Santos 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos 3 wins, 3 draws and Flamengo 4 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SantosEduardo Sasha
Eduardo Sasha
13 goals
SantosC. Sánchez
C. Sánchez
10 goals
SantosY. Soteldo
Y. Soteldo
9 goals

Santos missing players

Flamengo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santos Flamengo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 4 18 37
21 13 1 Won W 3 11 28
8 4 2 Drew D 1 4 6
8 1 1 Lost L 0 3 3
56 40 4 Scored S 7 30 86
33 15 5 Conceded C 2 15 33
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
65% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 78% 81%
43% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 56% 65%
22% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 41%
14% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 22%
41% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 59%
43% 39% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 38%
27% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 8%
 
5.4 6.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 6.6 7
4.7 3.9 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.2 3.3
2.9 2.4 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.5 2.4
8 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
579 340 73 Total Shots T S 34 239 591
222 137 27 Shots on Target S O 18 98 231
25% 29% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 31% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Flamengo has the fewest conceded goals (15) away
  • Flamengo has the fewest matches under the total-line (12)
  • Flamengo has the most matches over the total-line (25)
  • Flamengo has the most points (37) away
  • Flamengo has the most points from losing position (20)
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals (30) away
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals (86)
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals in the first half (37)
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals in the second half (49)
  • Flamengo has the the best goal difference (+15) away
  • Flamengo has the the best goal difference (+53)
  • Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Flamengo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Santos have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 37 28 6 3 86 33 19 17 2 0 56 18 18 11 4 3 30 15 53 90
2 Santos 37 21 8 8 56 33 18 13 4 1 40 15 19 8 4 7 16 18 23 71
3 Palmeiras 37 20 11 6 59 32 19 13 4 2 40 13 18 7 7 4 19 19 27 71
4 Grêmio 37 19 8 10 62 36 19 12 3 4 38 18 18 7 5 6 24 18 26 65
5 Athletico PR 37 18 9 10 51 32 19 12 3 4 26 11 18 6 6 6 25 21 19 63
6 São Paulo 37 16 12 9 37 29 19 10 6 3 23 12 18 6 6 6 14 17 8 60
7 Corinthians 37 14 14 9 41 32 18 10 7 1 24 11 19 4 7 8 17 21 9 56
8 Internacional 37 15 9 13 42 38 18 10 6 2 26 14 19 5 3 11 16 24 4 54
9 Fortaleza 37 14 8 15 48 48 18 10 2 6 24 16 19 4 6 9 24 32 0 50
10 Goiás 37 14 7 16 43 62 18 10 3 5 28 21 19 4 4 11 15 41 -19 49
11 Bahia 37 12 13 12 43 41 19 7 8 4 24 18 18 5 5 8 19 23 2 49
12 Atlético Mineiro 37 13 9 15 44 47 19 10 2 7 28 23 18 3 7 8 16 24 -3 48
13 Vasco da Gama 37 12 12 13 38 44 18 7 5 6 19 21 19 5 7 7 19 23 -6 48
14 Fluminense 37 11 10 16 36 45 19 6 7 6 18 15 18 5 3 10 18 30 -9 43
15 Botafogo 37 13 3 21 30 44 18 9 1 8 18 16 19 4 2 13 12 28 -14 42
16 Ceará 37 10 8 19 35 40 19 8 6 5 23 14 18 2 2 14 12 26 -5 38
17 Cruzeiro 37 7 15 15 27 44 18 5 8 5 13 15 19 2 7 10 14 29 -17 36
18 CSA 37 8 8 21 23 56 18 6 5 7 16 22 19 2 3 14 7 34 -33 32
19 Chapecoense 37 7 10 20 30 51 19 4 5 10 16 22 18 3 5 10 14 29 -21 31
20 Avaí 37 3 10 24 18 62 18 1 8 9 10 24 19 2 2 15 8 38 -44 19

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 Flamengo 37 28 6 3 86 33 19 17 2 0 56 18 18 11 4 3 30 15 53 90
2 Santos 37 21 8 8 56 33 18 13 4 1 40 15 19 8 4 7 16 18 23 71
3 Palmeiras 37 20 11 6 59 32 19 13 4 2 40 13 18 7 7 4 19 19 27 71
4 Grêmio 37 19 8 10 62 36 19 12 3 4 38 18 18 7 5 6 24 18 26 65
5 Athletico PR 37 18 9 10 51 32 19 12 3 4 26 11 18 6 6 6 25 21 19 63
6 São Paulo 37 16 12 9 37 29 19 10 6 3 23 12 18 6 6 6 14 17 8 60
7 Corinthians 37 14 14 9 41 32 18 10 7 1 24 11 19 4 7 8 17 21 9 56
8 Internacional 37 15 9 13 42 38 18 10 6 2 26 14 19 5 3 11 16 24 4 54
9 Fortaleza 37 14 8 15 48 48 18 10 2 6 24 16 19 4 6 9 24 32 0 50
10 Goiás 37 14 7 16 43 62 18 10 3 5 28 21 19 4 4 11 15 41 -19 49
11 Bahia 37 12 13 12 43 41 19 7 8 4 24 18 18 5 5 8 19 23 2 49
12 Atlético Mineiro 37 13 9 15 44 47 19 10 2 7 28 23 18 3 7 8 16 24 -3 48
13 Vasco da Gama 37 12 12 13 38 44 18 7 5 6 19 21 19 5 7 7 19 23 -6 48
14 Fluminense 37 11 10 16 36 45 19 6 7 6 18 15 18 5 3 10 18 30 -9 43
15 Botafogo 37 13 3 21 30 44 18 9 1 8 18 16 19 4 2 13 12 28 -14 42
16 Ceará 37 10 8 19 35 40 19 8 6 5 23 14 18 2 2 14 12 26 -5 38
17 Cruzeiro 37 7 15 15 27 44 18 5 8 5 13 15 19 2 7 10 14 29 -17 36
18 CSA 37 8 8 21 23 56 18 6 5 7 16 22 19 2 3 14 7 34 -33 32
19 Chapecoense 37 7 10 20 30 51 19 4 5 10 16 22 18 3 5 10 14 29 -21 31
20 Avaí 37 3 10 24 18 62 18 1 8 9 10 24 19 2 2 15 8 38 -44 19

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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.