This is a vital duel in the lower section of the Serie A, with both Corinthians and Santos experiencing more angst than happiness. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team at 14th and the visiting team in 16th spot.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
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
5-8-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Corinthians so far this season. When Corinthians hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Goiás, Coritiba, Corinthians, Bahia, América Mineiro and Vasco da Gama), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Corinthians have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A good away victory last time out for Corinthians, who won 1-0 against Cuiabá (placed 12th). At last, a league victory after four fixtures without. Midfield player Augusto got a match rating of 7.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Augusto hit two key passes.
In the match before that, Corinthians hosted América Mineiro and drew the game 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Corinthians handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Take note: 11 of the most recent 14 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Corinthians as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Atletico PR are visiting.
Corinthians have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Corinthians with 21 goals in 14 league matches.
Santos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
Santos won their last game, 2-1 versus Coritiba played at home. Joaquim was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.41. The defender Joaquim hit two key passes and won 14 of 15 duels.
Prior to that match, the Santos manager Fernandes faced defeat when travelling to Internacional and losing 1-7.We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Observe that 9 of this club's 11 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Santos have another fixture away in just three nights, a Serie A game vs Flamengo. A hard schedule for them!
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Santos manager Fernandes has some worries about the defense as 30 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Santos - Corinthians 0-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Corinthians five wins, three draws and Santos two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 13 goals |   Y. Monteiro da Silva 7 goals |  J. Mendoza Valencia 5 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Santos missing players
| Corinthians | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 35 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 33 |
| 36 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 30 | 53 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 90% |
| 72% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 79% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 59% |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 59% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 52% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 17% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 41% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 12.1 | 15.7 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.6 | 12.2 |
| 4.2 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 29% | 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 19% | 28% |
| 16.8 | 14.5 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 18.1 | 15.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
- Corinthians have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
- Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 59 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 52 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 50 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 50 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 45 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Sao Paulo | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 11 | Internacional | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 38 |
| 12 | Cuiabá | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 37 |
| 13 | Cruzeiro | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 36 |
| 15 | Bahia | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 | Santos | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 30 | -20 | 33 |
| 17 | Goiás | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 30 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 39 | -31 | 20 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -27 | 19 |
