Week 37 brings us a match on Dec 6th, where Fortaleza will travel to Cuiabá to battle Cuiabá in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. Cuiabá sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Palmeiras. Gabriel Silva Vieira scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 4th minute, then Pedro Bicalho added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Menino. Cuiabá is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Fortaleza, recorded a 0-2 loss against Santos. Santos Almeida scored the first goal for Santos in the 71st minute from the penalty spot, then Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida added another in the 90th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fortaleza couldn’t manage to score, and Santos took the shutout win. Fortaleza is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Fortaleza and Cuiabá last played eachother at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo on Tue Aug 31st. Fortaleza and Cuiabá battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Fortaleza nor Cuiabá could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Cuiabá is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Paulão and Pepê each only have 1 goal in their last five.