Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Santos - São Paulo!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Santos and São Paulo.
Santos form and stats
Santos have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Santos last time playing, versus Atletico Mineiro. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Marinho (2) and Arthur Gomes scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Ceara and winning 1-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Santos, as the Copa Libertadores home game vs Olimpia is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Santos in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Santos's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
São Paulo form and stats
Things could have gone better for São Paulo in their Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Paulo played 1-1 against Bragantino in their previous match. Before that, Paulo secured a home win against Fluminense with the score 3-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with São Paulo playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were two Paulo wins, four draws and nine defeats.
The attacking power of Paulo when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As for defending, Paulo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Santos won three games, two matches ended with a draw and São Paulo has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 6 goals |   L. da Rocha Neves 4 goals |  F. Rocha Andrade 2 goals |
Santos missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Santos | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 44% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| 33% | 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 11% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | 64 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 41 | 139 |
| 34 | 23 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 18 | 48 |
| 35% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 11% | 23% |
- Santos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as São Paulo have scored away.
- Santos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo has the most points from losing position (5)
- São Paulo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- São Paulo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Santos | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Ceara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Bahia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Atletico PR | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Gremio | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Goias | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |