It's still early in the Serie A season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Santos - Athletico PR 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.
Santos form and stats
A Serie A draw at home so far for Santos. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 6 matches.
Santos are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Internacional. In the match before that, Santos hosted Bragantino and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Santos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santos as a small favourite), we find three games. Santos has won two of these, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santos as they are travelling to their away game against Sport Recife in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
At Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Athletico PR form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. The fact that Athletico have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Athletico PR are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from Vitinho and Carlos Eduardo secured the home win 2-1 against Goiás in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fortaleza at their stadium, the result 2-0.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Silvestre Júnior when Carlos Eduardo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Athletico PR in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Athletico PR, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Palmeiras in just three days.
2 goals so far away for Athletico PR, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Santos victories, one draw and three Athletico PR wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Naum dos Santos 2 goals |   M. Santos Costa 1 goals | L. Cittadini 1 goals |
Santos missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Santos | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 5.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 80% |
| Santos | Last season | Athletico PR | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 36 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | ||
| 77% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 77% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 46% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 53% | ||
| 38% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 35% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 18% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 136 | 82 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 191 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 89 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Internacional | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlético GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ceará | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Goiás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 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 | Santos | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 3 | Agua Santa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 4 | Oeste | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 10 |