After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Palmeiras and Santos in this fresh Serie A season. Read our match preview!
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.
Palmeiras form and stats
The first Serie A game here at Allianz Parque resulted in a draw. Last season Palmeiras's home game statistics were 4 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 6 games. The Palmeiras fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Allianz Parque and will expect new points from this game. Palmeiras has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Happy days for Palmeiras in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Athletico PR (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, Palmeiras hosted Goiás and drew the game 1-1.
The victory against Athletico PR came after Raphael Veiga's winning goal. The Palmeiras manager V. Luxemburgo da Silva was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 82nd minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Raphael Veiga scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Palmeiras's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.
At Allianz Parque, Palmeiras has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Santos form and stats
Things could have gone better for Santos in their Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two travels in a row for Santos, whose manager A. Stival could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Sport Recife. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Athletico PR.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Santos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning one game.
It's early days yet, but Santos has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras-Santos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Palmeiras four wins, Santos three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 3 goals |   G. Gómez Portillo 1 goals | R. Cavalcante Veiga 1 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Santos missing players
| Palmeiras | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 44 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 36% |
- Palmeiras has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Palmeiras has the most dropped points from leading position (4)
| Palmeiras | Last season | Santos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 9 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 75% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 77% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 23% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 31% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | ||
| 62% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 242 | 159 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 136 | ||
| 85 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 43 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Internacional | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Bahia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Santos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Goiás | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Ceará | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Santo Andre | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 11 |