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- Santos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlético Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A
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
Seven points from three Serie A home games is a great start for Santos, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira.
Santos manager F. Diniz Silva and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Grêmio (placed 20th) in the Serie A. Defender Luan Peres got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Peres won 8 of 11 duels.
Before that, Santos had a home game versus Sao Paulo which ended with a victory 2-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Santos, as the Serie A home game vs Sport Recife is only three days away.
The Santos fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively Santos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Serie A away games so far for Atlético Mineiro with six points collected from three matches.
Atlético Mineiro are travelling again after losing away to Ceara in their previous match (1-2). Attacker Hulk got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Hulk served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. Atlético goalkeeper Éverson had a great day against Ceara, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided. Late heartbreak for Atlético in the Ceara match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Chapecoense.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Atletico GO in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético Mineiro have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Santos victories, one draw and four Atlético Mineiro wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 3 goals |   G. Vieira de Souza 2 goals | G. Cordeiro Pirani 1 goals |
Santos missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Santos | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11 | 11.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 28% | 45% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 35% |
- Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atlético Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santos have not yet lost a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Bahia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Atletico GO | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Santos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Ceara | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Juventude | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Sao Paulo | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Chapecoense | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |