Corinthians get ready to welcome Santos for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa do Brasil Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Corinthians and Santos.
Corinthians form and stats
Corinthians was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Copa do Brasil. Atletico GO was too strong.Corinthians have performed here at Neo Química Arena this season with 4 wins from 6 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
The Corinthians fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Goias and win 1-0. Santos, defender, was given a rating of 8.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Santos scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Atletico PR that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Corinthians handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Santos are coming to town in three days.
Corinthians have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Neo Química Arena with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively Corinthians have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
Santos's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bragantino that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Bragantino after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Bustos needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Baptistão got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. Baptistão scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Juventude.Santos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Corinthians.
Santos have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Corinthians three wins, three draws and Santos four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 6 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 4 goals |  L. Carrilho Baptistão 4 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Santos missing players
| Corinthians | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||
| 11 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Internacional | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Botafogo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Santos | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Atletico GO | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Ceara | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Flamengo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Goias | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Juventude | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
