Santos know they are in for a grim trip to Cuiabá and their Arena Pantanal. This preview has all the details you require before the game.
- Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
This has all the signs of an absorbing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Santos, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Cuiabá form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Cuiabá have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Arena Pantanal.
The Cuiabá goalkeeper Walter Leandro Capeloza Artune is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 245 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Cuiabá travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fortaleza that ended 0-0. The goalie Walter was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.85 out of ten. Walter stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Palmeiras and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Cuiabá perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cuiabá as a small favourite), we find six games. Cuiabá has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.
The Cuiabá fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Santos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Santos in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Flamengo, 0-4. Guilherme Camacho got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, top player of the team. Camacho hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Flamengo was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Santos goalkeeper João Paulo could take pride in a wonderful day against Flamengo, but in spite of making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Atletico PR's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Santos wins, two draws and four defeats.
Santos have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Santos have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Rodrigues Brandão 5 goals |   M. Santos Costa 4 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 4 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Santos missing players
| Cuiabá | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 18 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 67% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 39% |
| 33% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 33% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.9 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.6 | 13.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 22% | 25% |
- Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
- Santos haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Ceara | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Internacional | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Santos | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Juventude | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Cuiabá | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Gremio | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 7 |