Athletico PR will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Santos.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Serie A match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Atletico Mineiro.
Athletico PR form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Athletico PR, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Serie A, at their home stadium is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The Athletico goalkeeper Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 252 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Athletico enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atletico Mineiro's place. The match ended 2-0 with Christian and Nikão scoring. Before that match, a win away at Goias.
Santos loved the game against Atletico Mineiro. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Libertadores game versus River Plate in only three days. This game is also played here.
Athletico have scored 9 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Athletico are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Santos form and stats
4-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Santos in their Serie A matches away.
Impressive finishing from Kaio Jorge and Ivonei Rabelo secured the home win 2-0 against Internacional in their previous game. A 1-1 draw at Bragantino's stadium before that.
Santos goalie John Victor was high and low in the Internacional game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Santos has another fixture away, a Copa Libertadores game, against LDU Quito in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Santos have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Santos in these games.
Head 2 Head
Santos - Athletico 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Athletico PR wins - draws - Santos wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 12 goals |  R. de Souza 4 goals |  M. Ferreira dos Santos 4 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Santos missing players
| Athletico PR | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 76% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 48% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 43% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| 33% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3.1 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 273 | 112 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 100 | 233 |
| 68 | 31 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 25 | 78 |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 44% | 38% |
- Athletico PR has the fewest scored goals (18) in Serie A
- Athletico PR has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Serie A
- Athletico PR has the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Internacional | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Santos | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Gremio | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Bahia | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Ceara | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Atletico GO | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 16 | Bragantino | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 12 |