Corinthians vs Fluminense — Brazilian Serie A result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 20 September 2026

Brazilian Serie A·Sunday, 20 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 10.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Corinthians

44%

top pick

Draw

30%

Fluminense

25%

result

Final score

1–3

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Fluminense win 25.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Corinthians win. Expected goals 1.34–1.03 against 1–3 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals42%4 scored
Both teams score49%yes
Corinthians clean sheet36%no
Fluminense clean sheet25%no
Corinthians score 2+39%no
Fluminense score 2+27%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.3775
1X2 Brier score0.8461
Probability on the result25.4%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (14.3%), 1–0 (12.7%), 0–0 (10.4%). It finished 1–3.

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Corinthians

28 JanHvs Bahia1–2L
12 FebHvs Bragantino2–0W
19 FebAvs Athletico-PR1–0W
25 FebAvs Cruzeiro1–1D
12 MarHvs Coritiba0–2L

Fluminense

28 JanHvs Gremio2–1W
5 FebAvs Bahia1–1D
12 FebHvs Botafogo RJ1–0W
26 FebAvs Palmeiras1–2L
12 MarAvs Remo2–0W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatCorinthians
(Home · 17 matches)
Fluminense
(Away · 16 matches)
BTTS rate41.2%75.0%
Over 2.5 rate35.3%43.8%
Clean sheet41.2%6.2%
Avg goals2.062.88

Home stats use Corinthians's home record; away stats use Fluminense's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.