Palmeiras will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind São Paulo.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (18) in Paulista A1
- São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras, who have the most scored goals (18) in Paulista A1, have collected 9 points from their Paulista A1 home games so far after 3-0-3. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Palmeiras has won five games in a row. The Inter de Limeira match was the last time out without a victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Weverton Pereira da Silva not having conceded a league goal in 307 minutes.
The Palmeiras fans got no joy from their last match, a Copa Libertadores game also here at Allianz Parque: A 3-4 defeat against Defensa y Justicia. Midfield player Zé Rafael got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Rafael scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The defeat against Defensa y Justicia was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by B. Romero).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Corinthians and winning 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Palmeiras have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palmeiras as they are travelling to their away game against São Paulo in the Paulista A1. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Palmeiras in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Palmeiras have conceded 6 in these home matches.
São Paulo form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Paulista A1. In general it has been a productive period now for Paulo as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Paulo failed to get anything from their last game, a Copa Libertadores home match vs Racing Club that ended with defeat 0-1. Igor Gomes got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Gomes hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Mirassol.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with São Paulo playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three São Paulo wins, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Palmeiras in just three days.
The Paulo manager H. Crespo has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Paulo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras and São Paulo have met before this season: Palmeiras - São Paulo 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Palmeiras, five draws and two wins for São Paulo. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Palmeiras missing players
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| Palmeiras | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 36 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 14.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 47% |
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Paulista A1
- Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (7) in Paulista A1
- Palmeiras have the most points from losing position (4) in Paulista A1
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (18) in Paulista A1
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Paulista A1
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Palmeiras is in the best form (5-0-1)
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- São Paulo have scored in all their matches so far.
- São Paulo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |