Santos - Fluminense Football prediction

Santos and Fluminense meet at the Estadio Urbano Caldeira in a match for the 31st round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Santos won away by (0-1) the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 06-13-2018. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stadium was on 10-10-2016, in a match for Brasileirão Serie A that finished with the Santos victory by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by J. Copete (48 ') and Ricardo Oliveira (80') for Santos and Wellington Silva (64 ') for Fluminense. Although this is a game between 7th and 9th overall, it is actually a game between the 13th place in home games and the 9th as a visitor.

Analysis of Santos
After 11 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, the home team is in 7th place, having won 43 points. In the last match, they drew with Internacional away by (2-2), after they had won home in a game against Corinthians, (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 26 points in their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 10 conceded, against 17 points out, where he scored 14 goals and suffered 18. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Santos has 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, having seized 17 points out of 30. In matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of their 15 matches. Defensive solidity has been one of his strengths as he has conceded only goals in 3 of the last 10 games and his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 11 of the last 15 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 30 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the 13 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Santos raised a lot of income after the arrival of coach Cuca, is unbeaten five rounds of which he won 3 and drew 2 and goes looking for another 3 points in the fight for a spot in the next Copa Libertadores. The team has only a medium-sized attack that has scored 35 goals, being the eighth best of the competition, while the defense has conceded 28 goals and is the seventh less leaked, but it is worth mentioning that it has been improving in both sectors in this final stretch of the national. Playing at home, as the match this Saturday, Santos comes from 4 wins and 3 draws and it is worth mentioning that 6 of these 7 games had a maximum of 2 goals on the scoreboard, since the team first worries about defending and not conceding goals to then seek the attack, usually on rapid exits at speed. For the confrontation against Fluminense, coach Cuca will not be able to count on the defenders Gustavo Henrique and Luiz Felipe, both suspended.
 
Analysis of Fluminense
After 11 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, the visiting team is in 9th place, having won 40 points. In the last match, he won Atletico-MG at home (1-0), after having lost in the previous match in a game against Flamengo by (3-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 27 points, against only 13 in their games as a visitor. The team arrives in this match after a draw at home with Nacional Uruguay by (1-1). In the league, Fluminense had 9 points out of 30, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in their last 10 games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In their away games for this competition there is a tendency to have goals, since 10 in 15 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the scoreboard. In 30 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 14 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.

Fluminense has alternated good and bad results in this Series A, needs more regularity and goes in search of the second consecutive victory to continue dreaming of a place in the Copa Libertadores of 2019. The team has a medium-sized attack that has scored 31 goals, being only the tenth best of the competition, while the defense suffered 35 goals and is the seventh most leaked, although it is worth noting that he has risen in yield in this sector and has not conceded goals in 2 of his last 3 games in the national. Playing away from home, such as this Saturday's match, Fluminense won only 1 of their last 7 games and this victory was against one of the last placed, being a team that finds difficulties away from their dominions, especially in the attack where he scored only 5 goals in the 7 games. For the game against Santos, coach Marcelo Oliveira will not be able to count on lateral Gilberto, besides striker Pedro, one of the country's top scorers, who recovers from a knee injury.