Evenly matched teams: Santos vs Fluminense match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 27.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Urbano Caldeira (16798 seats)

Santos - Fluminense in Serie A: Data, team lineups, fixtures, tendencies and news. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Santos form and stats

Santos have played 13 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Santos haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 222 minutes ago. Raniel scored that one.

The Santos crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to America Mineiro here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in a Serie A match. Felipe Jonatan was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Jonatan hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that, Santos played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sport Recife.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santos as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico PR in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

Santos aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Santos have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fluminense form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Fluminense have produced an overall stat of 4-4-5 so far.

Fluminense had fun at their own home (Estádio Urbano Caldeira) last time out, beating Flamengo 3-1. Abel Hernández and John Kennedy (2) scored. Attacker John Kennedy got a player rating of 8.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Kennedy scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Atletico PR with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fluminense playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Fluminense wins, two draws and four defeats.

Fluminense have another game away from home in just four nights, a Serie A game versus Ceara. A grim calendar for the visitors!

The visiting Fluminense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 13 games. 15 goals have been conceded by Fluminense in these games.

Head 2 Head

Fluminense - Santos 1-0 was the product when this pair of contenders last did battle, earlier this season. Santos-Fluminense H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Santos four wins, Fluminense three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SantosC. Sánchez Arcosa
C. Sánchez Arcosa
4 goals
SantosM. Santos Costa
M. Santos Costa
4 goals
SantosM. de Almeida Santos Matos
M. de Almeida Santos Matos
4 goals

Santos missing players

Fluminense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santos Fluminense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 2 13 27
6 5 2 Won W 2 4 10
11 5 1 Drew D 0 4 9
10 3 2 Lost L 0 5 8
23 12 4 Scored S 4 13 28
34 11 4 Conceded C 2 15 28
78% 69% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
63% 54% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 46% 56%
41% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 33%
26% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 19%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
37% 23% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 46% 48%
37% 54% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 30%
48% 54% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 33%
 
5.6 6 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 4.7
4.1 3.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.6 5
2.6 2.2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 14.3 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.7 10.6
3.8 3.9 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.1 4.1
23% 24% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 25%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 26 17 5 4 42 19 12 10 1 1 26 7 14 7 4 3 16 12 23 56
2 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
3 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
4 Palmeiras 27 14 4 9 40 33 14 8 2 4 24 21 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 46
5 Bragantino 27 10 13 4 43 32 13 3 8 2 19 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 11 43
6 Internacional 27 10 10 7 35 28 13 6 4 3 21 14 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 40
7 Corinthians 27 10 10 7 28 24 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 6 3 11 9 4 40
8 Fluminense 27 10 9 8 28 28 14 6 5 3 15 13 13 4 4 5 13 15 0 39
9 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
10 Cuiaba 27 7 14 6 26 26 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 3 9 1 12 9 0 35
11 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
12 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 22 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 -2 34
13 Sao Paulo 27 7 13 7 22 26 14 4 8 2 12 10 13 3 5 5 10 16 -4 34
14 Ceara 27 6 14 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 0 8 5 7 17 -4 32
15 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
16 Santos 27 6 11 10 23 34 13 5 5 3 12 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -11 29
17 Bahia 26 7 7 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -10 28
18 Sport Recife 27 6 9 12 14 22 14 3 5 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 27
19 Gremio 25 7 5 13 23 30 13 4 5 4 15 13 12 3 0 9 8 17 -7 26
20 Chapecoense 27 1 10 16 24 46 14 0 5 9 10 23 13 1 5 7 14 23 -22 13

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 Atletico Mineiro 26 17 5 4 42 19 12 10 1 1 26 7 14 7 4 3 16 12 23 56
2 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
3 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
4 Palmeiras 27 14 4 9 40 33 14 8 2 4 24 21 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 46
5 Bragantino 27 10 13 4 43 32 13 3 8 2 19 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 11 43
6 Internacional 27 10 10 7 35 28 13 6 4 3 21 14 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 40
7 Corinthians 27 10 10 7 28 24 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 6 3 11 9 4 40
8 Fluminense 27 10 9 8 28 28 14 6 5 3 15 13 13 4 4 5 13 15 0 39
9 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
10 Cuiaba 27 7 14 6 26 26 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 3 9 1 12 9 0 35
11 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
12 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 22 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 -2 34
13 Sao Paulo 27 7 13 7 22 26 14 4 8 2 12 10 13 3 5 5 10 16 -4 34
14 Ceara 27 6 14 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 0 8 5 7 17 -4 32
15 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
16 Santos 27 6 11 10 23 34 13 5 5 3 12 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -11 29
17 Bahia 26 7 7 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -10 28
18 Sport Recife 27 6 9 12 14 22 14 3 5 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 27
19 Gremio 25 7 5 13 23 30 13 4 5 4 15 13 12 3 0 9 8 17 -7 26
20 Chapecoense 27 1 10 16 24 46 14 0 5 9 10 23 13 1 5 7 14 23 -22 13

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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.