Week 19 brings us a match on Jul 24th where Fortaleza plays host to Santos in a meeting of these two mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. Fortaleza is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Atlético GO. Moises struck first for Fortaleza in the 74th minute on a feed from Silvio Romero, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético GO couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. Fortaleza is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Santos is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Avaí. Guilherme Bissoli scored the first goal for Avaí in the 10th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Santos was frustrated by Avaí’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Avaí ended the match with the shutout victory. Santos is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Santos won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Vinicius and Barbosa are the top scorers for Santos in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Fortaleza’s top weapon lately has been Silva de Souza, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.