Fluminense v Santos

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Having dropped down to seventh place in the Brazilian Serie A standings, Saturday afternoon's hosts, Fluminense, will be eager to get their season back on track when they play host to 14th placed Santos at the Maracanã as the hosts look to remain in the hunt for a possible top four finish this season.

Fluminense had made a bright start to this Serie A campaign earlier in the season as the hosts had suffered just the one defeat in their opening six games of the new term whilst also collecting four wins in the process by way of victories over America Mineiro, Athletico PR, Cruzeiro and Cuiaba, but the wheels have seemingly become loose in the past few weeks.

Fluminense have managed to pick up just three further wins in their subsequent 10 matches in the domestic top flight while also being held to three draws and being handed four defeats as well, but the one thing in Fluminense's favour is that each of these three wins were achieved on home soil at their Maracanã, recording wins against Bragantino, Bahia and Internacional.

If Fluminense have struggled for league wins in recent times, then Santos have experienced something of a barren spell in the Brazilian top flight as the visitors make their way to the Maracanã on the back of achieving just one win out of their last 10 league matches overall.

That singular success came in the form of a 4-3 home win against Goias but aside from that rare victory, there's been very little else for the Santos faithful to get excited about as the visitors have drawn four and lost the other five games.

Results away from home have also been very disappointing for Santos and their travelling support as the visitors have claimed just the one away win throughout the whole of the campaign to date and having also lost six of their previous eight games on the road, Santos look to have a mountain to climb in this upcoming encounter.

Indeed, the bigger picture shows Santos have managed to capture just three wins out of their last 16 matches on their travels which does not appear to bode well for this trip to the Maracanã on Saturday afternoon.

Fluminense v Santos Verdict Fluminense have lost just once in the previous seven meetings with Santos and the hosts will be hoping that this fixture represents the perfect opportunity for Fluminense to return to winning ways as they seek to get their campaign back on track and making a serious challenge for a top four finish.

Therefore, our main bet will be Fluminense win @ 1.57

Other side bets worth considering:

Fluminense win & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.20

Correct score: Fluminense 2-0 @ 6.50