Palmeiras perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Santos can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Palmeiras is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Santos have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Palmeiras nor Santos 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.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras have collected 13 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-1-0. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Palmeiras has won their last four matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jailson Marcelino dos Santos not having conceded a league goal in 205 minutes.
Palmeiras's last game was hosting Grêmio (placed 20th) and winning 2-0. Midfielder Raphael Veiga was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.13 (out of ten) in that game. Veiga scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sport Recife.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Palmeiras handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, four draws and two defeats.
There will be little rest for Palmeiras after this match as they are travelling to Universidad Catolica for a Copa Libertadores game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Palmeiras's attacking play is working. Palmeiras's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos form and stats
Playing away, Santos have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Santos have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Santo Andre game.
Santos had fun at their own home (Allianz Parque) last time out, beating Athletico PR 2-1. Marcos Guilherme scored. Marcos Guilherme, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Guilherme scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 32 successful passes (of 32 total).
Prior to that match, the Santos manager F. Diniz Silva faced defeat when travelling to América Mineiro and losing 0-2.Santos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santos's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. For Santos, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Palmeiras won five, Santos won one and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Cavalcante Veiga 3 goals | B. Vasconcelos Lopes 3 goals |  M. Santos Costa 3 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Santos missing players
| Palmeiras | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 8.2 | 6.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 17.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 14.2 | 14.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 41% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 9% | 23% |
- All of Palmeiras's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game at home.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
- Palmeiras have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Palmeiras is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santos have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Santos have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Santos have yet to win a game away.
- 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 | Palmeiras | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Bahia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Atletico GO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Ceara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Fluminense | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Flamengo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Juventude | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Internacional | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | São Paulo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 2 |