In a weekend match on Saturday Apr 9th, in week 1, Fluminense plays host to Santos in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. Fluminense has not played yet this season, while 19th placed Santos is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Fluminense PI. Pereira Junior struck first for Fluminense PI in the 42nd minute, but Ricardo Goulart got the equalizer for Santos in the 82nd minute . Santos is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
For Santos, their top scorers are Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida and Rwan Philipe Rodrigues de Souza Cruz, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Fluminense is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Fred and Rosa da Silva each having 2 goals in their last five.