Fluminense — Santos 1:2, 18 October: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 31 Sunday 18 October · 19:00 UTC

Fluminense 5th · 51 pts WWLLL

1 : 2 1st half 1:0

Santos 8th · 45 pts LDDWL

venue to be confirmed · referee R. Abatti

Match predictionValue

Fluminense to score

85% · Both teams scored in 23 of 32 Fluminense games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Fluminense to score”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Fluminense 46% draw 24% Santos 30%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Fluminense win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Fluminense win — they got it wrong.

fans 51 votes

Fluminense 51% draw 16% Santos 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

R. Castillo assist: Igor Rabello 1-0 4'

A. Barreal 25'

A. Canobbio 31'

Gabriel Barbosa assist: Rodinei 1-1 49'

Coutinho assist: Gabriel Bontempo 1-2 54'

Hulk for R. Castillo 56'

J. Savarino for Y. Soteldo 57'

PH Ganso for L. Acosta 57'

Wesley Nata for A. Canobbio 57'

C. Oliva for Everton 72'

Rony for Coutinho 73'

K. Serna for Nonato 76'

Joao Alencar for Lucas Verissimo 83'

B. Rollheiser for Neymar 87'

Rafael Gonzaga for A. Barreal 87'

J. Savarino 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Fluminense 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Santos

Fábio  
Samuel Xavier  4 Ignácio  21 Igor Rabello  6 Renê  
Hércules  16 Nonato  
Agustín Canobbio  32 Luciano Acosta  30 Yeferson Soteldo  
Rodrigo Castillo  

Gabriel Barbosa  
Philippe Coutinho  10 Neymar  7 Everton Cebolinha  
Gabriel Bontempo  48 Gustavinho  
Rodinei  4 Lucas Veríssimo  14 Luan Peres  22 Álvaro Barreal  
Diogenes  

Fluminense bench

10Ganso
23Guga
7Hulk
11Jefferson Savarino
22Juan Pablo Freytes
29Julián Millán
90Kevin Serna
27Marcelo Pitaluga
94Otávio
41Ruan Sales
3Thiago Silva
34Wesley Natã

Santos bench

32Benjamín Rollheiser
28Christian Oliva
25Gabriel Menino
18Igor Vinícius
42João Alencar
34João Paulo
26João Paulo Ananias
5João Schmidt
30Miguelito
38Rafael Gonzaga
33Rony
16Thaciano

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

50%Possession50%

8Shots17

2Shots on target5

3Shots off target5

3Blocked shots7

5Shots inside box12

3Shots outside box5

107Attacks108

43Dangerous attacks56

4Corners5

18Fouls18

2Yellow cards1

3Saves1

519Passes523

450Accurate passes465

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Fluminense

SantosThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Fluminense and Santos met on matchday 31 of the Serie A on 18 October. Final score — 1:2.

Fluminense sit 5th on 51 points after 34 matches (16 wins, 9 draws, 9 losses), won 2 matches in a row, 7 matches without conceding. Santos sit 8th on 45 points after 34 matches (12 wins, 11 draws, 11 losses), winless in 3 matches, 7 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Fluminense won 1, Santos won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Fluminense last five Santos

WWLLL form LDDWL

34 Matches 34

16 — 9 — 9 Wins — draws — defeats 12 — 11 — 11

55 — 42 Scored — conceded 50 — 49

1.68 Points per game 1.38

1.62 Goals scored per game 1.47

7 Clean sheets 7

4 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 2 Current streak winless in 3

Fluminense at home: 17 matches, 12 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, goals 31—17, 2.29 points per match.

Santos away: 17 matches, 6 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses, goals 27—28, 1.29 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Fluminense win 1 draw 0 Santos wins goals 3:2 Fluminense — Santos

19/04/2026	Santos — Fluminense	2:3	Serie A
31/08/2025	Santos — Fluminense	0:0	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Cruzeiro	34	18	6	10	55—48	60
4	Fluminense	33	15	9	9	52—42	54
5	Athletico Paranaense	34	15	9	10	51—43	54
…
8	RB Bragantino	34	13	8	13	44—39	47
9	Santos	34	12	11	11	50—49	47
10	São Paulo	34	12	8	14	39—39	44

Full Serie A table

Fluminense — Santos, 18 October 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 1:2