Santos will be looking for just their fifth win of the season when they meet with Fluminense away from home with the away side sitting down in 14th and already struggling to find any sort of consistency in the Brazilian Serie A.
After gradually finishing lower and lower in the past four seasons, Santos has now only cracked the top 10 in the Serie A on one occasion in this time.
Aquecimento antes do treino! Sábado tem @Brasileirao! pic.twitter.com/JTGwf8cK4n— Fluminense F.C. (@FluminenseFC) July 27, 2023
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The club are currently down in 14th and have now put together just four wins from 16 games.
Santos have also lost seven times already and drawn five games.
In fact, with those seven losses, only those in the relegation spots and Goias have let in more, while the club's 25 goals let in is also the fifth-worst in the top flight.
Paulo Turra's men did, however, get a draw against the league leaders Botafogo this past week, as the club became one of the only teams this season to take points off them.
Marcos Leonardo scored twice that day for Santos, although they did let a two-goal lead blow inside three minutes towards the end of the second half.
Santos' last win was in a stunning 4-3 victory over Goias, as Leonardo scored once more, alongside a brace from Stiven Mendoza that also saw him score a penalty in the 94th minute.
Their last loss was in a 4-1 defeat to Sao Paulo, as Leonardo continued his fantastic goalscoring season by scoring for the third game in a row.
As for Fluminense, they are heading into this game with just one win in the past five matches, which started with a 1-1 draw against Sporting Cristal in the Copa Libertadores final group game - German Cano scored the opening goal that day.
Since then, the club have lost to Sao Paulo and most recently, they were defeated by strugglers Coritiba away from home.
Their only win in this time was against Internacional in a game that saw Cano bag once more alongside a finish from Matheus Martinelli.
Fluminense have also drawn with Flamengo in this period and are now sitting seventh in the league with seven wins and five losses alongside their 16 goals let in and 21 scored - only Botafogo and Palmeiras have better defensive records than them.
Forebet predicts another win for Fuminese in the wake of Santos' terrible consistency. Forebet also predicts over 2.5 goals.