Santos – Fluminense Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (15.08.2017)

Prediction for Santos – Fluminense

Santos to win @ 1.83

Santos and Fluminense measure their strength at the Municipal Stadium Paulo Machado de Carvalho in a match for the 20th day of Serie A. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 14-05-2017, the Fluminense won at home for (3-2). The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 5 wins and 4 losses in the last 9 games. In this match the home factor can be decisive, since the Santos presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Santos:

The home team is currently in 3rd place, with 35 points conquered, after 10 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate game, he won at home against Flamengo by (3-2). In the last game, tied outside the Avaí by (0-0). This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he has recorded 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, with 16 goals scored and 14 conceded; Against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in his stadium, with 27 goals scored and 10 suffered. In his last 10 home games for the championship the Saints won 7, tied 1 and lost 2, so he won 22 points in 30 possible.

In this competition, he won the last 4 games he played at home. In the matches played in his stadium there are some more frequent results: at the end of the first 45 ‘0-0 (7 in 10 matches) and at the end of the match 1-0 (4 in 10 matches). His attack has marked regularly, since he scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home games there is a tendency to have few goals, as 7 of their last 10 games for this competition have ended with less than 1.5 goals. In 19 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the five games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period in the last 10 home games for this competition: he suffered 3 of his 6 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Santos returns to play at home for the Brazilian Championship and will try to maintain the good performance he has presented to win his fifth consecutive victory against his fans in the competition and thus prolong this period of invincibility, which has lasted nine days. As the home team, Santos has the best record of the championship, with twenty-two points conquered out of the thirty he has played so far. His defense in the home games is, next to the Palmeiras, the second most solid of the competition, with only six goals suffered in ten matches, being that in three of them he failed to score goals. For this game, the technician must maintain the tactical scheme 4-2-3-1, highlighting Bruno Henrique in the attack.

Fluminense:

The away team is currently in 9th place with 26 points, after 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate game, won at home against Atletico GO by (3-1). In the last match, tied outside the Ponte Preta by (0-0). This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and abroad, as in the last 30 games he has 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 24 suffered; Against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 25 goals scored and 18 suffered. For the championship, the Fluminense won 13 points in 27 chances, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in the last 9 games he played as a visitor.

For this competition, he did not lose any of the last 6 games as a visitor. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches, reason why it has not presented great solidity defensive, But its attack has marked regularly, since it marked goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home games there is a tendency to have goals, as 6 of their last 9 games for this competition have ended with over 2.5 goals. In 19 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in all 8 matches in which he suffered the first goal.

Fluminense enters the field for their twentieth game for the Brazilian Championship, needing a good result to try to minimize the negative moment that crosses in the championship, since, although it is undefeated three matches, it gained only one of the last five. As a visitor, he is making a reasonable campaign, having conquered thirteen of the twenty-seven points so far. His attack in the away matches is the most effective of the championship, with fourteen goals scored in nine games, being that in only two of them his defense did not suffer goals. For this match, the manager will have to keep the team going 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1, and Wendel in the center of the field.