Santos FC vs Fortaleza EC, Serie A 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Santos FC vs Fortaleza EC — Serie A at Urbano Caldeira.
- Santos FC 17 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
- Fortaleza EC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 SE Palmeiras 17 38 2 CR Flamengo 16 31 3 Fluminense FC 17 30 4 CA Paranaense 17 27 5 RB Bragantino 17 26 6 Coritiba FBC 17 26 7 Sao Paulo FC 17 25 8 EC Bahia 16 23 9 Cruzeiro EC 17 23 10 Botafogo FR 16 22 11 EC Vitoria 16 22 12 SC Internacional 17 21 13 Gremio FBPA 17 21 14 CA Mineiro 17 21 15 SC Corinthians Paulista 17 21 16 CR Vasco da Gama 17 20 17 Santos FC 17 18 18 Mirassol FC 16 16 19 Clube do Remo 17 15 20 Chapecoense AF 16 9 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Nov Fortaleza EC H 1–1 D 26 Oct Botafogo FR A 2–2 D 21 Oct EC Vitoria H 0–1 L 16 Oct SC Corinthians Paulista H 3–1 W 05 Oct Ceara SC A 0–3 L 02 Oct Gremio FBPA H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Nov Santos FC A 1–1 D 25 Oct CR Flamengo H 1–0 W 19 Oct Cruzeiro EC A 0–1 L 16 Oct CR Vasco da Gama H 0–2 L 05 Oct EC Juventude A 2–1 W 02 Oct Sao Paulo FC H 0–2 L Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Santos FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Santos FC0-151/116-302/231-454/246-603/261-751/476+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Santos FCGabriel Barbosa 6 G 2 A Neymar 4 G 2 A Benjamin Rollheiser 3 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Santos FC to score. At the same time, Fortaleza EC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Fortaleza EC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 7' That looks like a foul for a card for Emanuel Britez.
- 12' It looks surprising Santos FC does not make any changes. Bruno Pacheco has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 17' Luan Peres needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 18' Joao Schmidt is having his name booked by the referee on 18.
- 23' It’s a booking for Santos FC player. Lautaro Diaz gets a card.
- 28' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 32' Tomas Pochettino was booked on 32.
- 35' Adam Bareiro puts Fortaleza EC on the lead.
- 39' Santos FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 39.
- 43' That looks like a foul for a card for Luan Peres.
- 46' The whistle greets Benjamin Rollheiser as he departs to be replaced by Tiquinho Soares.
- 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' Santos FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 61' Fortaleza EC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
- 65' The supporters are chanting for Yago Pikachu. He replaces Jose Herrera on 65 minute.
- 67' The whistle greets Victor Hugo Gomes as he departs to be replaced by Neymar.
- 72' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Fortaleza EC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 74' GOAL! Bruno Pacheco scores on 74.
- 75' Guilherme has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lautaro Diaz on 75 minute.
- 80' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 81' Fortaleza EC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tinga is hanging Eros Mancuso on the field on 81 minute.
- 82' Pablo Barbosa is replacing Pierre for the Fortaleza EC side.
- 87' It’s high time Martin Palermo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Santos FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 6
- 18
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5
Joao Schmidt ↓ Willian Arao 46'
- 31
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22
Alvaro Barreal ↓ Robson Junior 46'
- 77
- 32
- 98
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29
Victor Hugo Gomes ↓ Neymar 67'
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19
Lautaro Diaz ↓ Guilherme 75'
Bench
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15
Willian Arao ↑ 46'
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10
Neymar ↑ 67'
- 8
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9
Tiquinho Soares ↑ 46'
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11
Guilherme ↑ 75'
- 12
- 21
- 23
- 17
- 44
- 49
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Robson Junior ↑ 46'
Coach Juan VojvodaFortaleza EC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 7
- 88
- 33
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27
Adam Bareiro ↓ Moises 75'
- 3
- 26
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14
Eros Mancuso ↓ Tinga 81'
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30
Pierre ↓ Pablo Barbosa 82'
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80
Jose Herrera ↓ Yago Pikachu 65'
- 12
Bench
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22
Yago Pikachu ↑ 65'
- 20
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16
Diogo Barbosa ↑ 65'
- 18
- 23
- 13
- 9
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2
Tinga ↑ 81'
- 91
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70
Pablo Barbosa ↑ 82'
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96
Moises ↑ 75'
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Coach Martin Palermo -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Wellington Paulista 3 Thiago Galhardo 2 Yago Pikachu 2 Carlos Sanchez 2 Bruno Pacheco 2 Imanol Machuca 2 Marcos Leonardo Almeida 2 Benjamin Rollheiser 1 Head to Head
Santos FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.2 Santos FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.27 Fortaleza EC xGI would bet for: Santos FC or Fortaleza EC 71% + Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.47Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Santos FC or Draw 65%Draw or Fortaleza EC 65%Santos FC or Fortaleza EC 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Fortaleza EC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.6%0 – 1 9.6%1 – 0 9%1 – 2 7.9%2 – 1 7.4%0 – 2 6.7%2 – 0 5.9%2 – 2 4.8%1 – 3 3.4%3 – 1 3%0 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Santos FC
Handicap Santos FC covers Push Fortaleza EC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 19% 67% -0.5 33% — 67% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 20% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 11% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Santos FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Fortaleza EC keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.