National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Santos or Athletico PR that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Santos nor Athletico PR as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Santos form and stats
Last season, Santos's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the 8th finals.Santos have played 11 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Brasil for Santos.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Bahia in the Serie A last time out and are looking for a win here. Pará, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Pará hit three key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Cuiaba.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santos handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, five draws and four defeats.
Santos are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Ceara awaits in four days.
Santos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Santos have conceded only 9 goals.
Athletico PR form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 8th finals.Athletico PR have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-0-7 (10 played). Total Copa do Brasil statistics for Athletico PR: 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. It's all red in the travel logs of Athletico, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
Athletico aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 204 league minutes without a goal. G. Bissoli was the last player to find the net.
Athletico are travelling again after losing away to America Mineiro in their previous match (0-2). Richard got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Richard hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Cascavel CR before that.Athletico PR are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
After this away game Athletico return home for a Serie A game against Juventude. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Athletico PR have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Athletico have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other before this match year: Athletico PR - Santos 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos five wins, one draw and Athletico PR four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 4 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 4 goals |   M. Terans Pérez 4 goals |
Santos missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Santos | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Ceara | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Santos | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Juventude | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Bahia | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Sao Paulo | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 18 | Gremio | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -15 | 10 |