Santos welcome São Paulo for another interesting Serie A fixture here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira.
It's no vacation for neither Santos nor São Paulo 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.
Santos form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Santos's two home games in the Serie A so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira.
Stress levels are on the rise for Santos's attacking players as they have now played 198 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kaio Jorge was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager F. Diniz Silva led his Santos to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Fluminense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. Danilo Boza was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Boza hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
In the match before that, Santos hosted Juventude and drew the game 0-0.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 seven games. Santos has won four of these, drawn three and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santos as they are travelling to their away game against Grêmio in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Santos's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
São Paulo form and stats
It's not happening yet for São Paulo on their Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? São Paulo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Paulo's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Chapecoense that finished 1-1. Emiliano Rigoni got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, top player of the team. Rigoni served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Atletico Mineiro wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.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 nine relevant matches. Results were three São Paulo wins, four draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as São Paulo are hosting Cuiabá in the Serie A only three days away.
It's early days yet, but São Paulo has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Santos won three games, three matches ended with a draw and São Paulo has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Mota Oliveira de Sousa 1 goals |  K. Pinto Ramos 1 goals | M. Santos Costa 1 goals |
Santos missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Santos | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 8 | 6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 1.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.5 | 16.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 19% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Santos | Last season | São Paulo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 81% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 56% | ||
| 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 6% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Athletico PR | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Ceará | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Internacional | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Cuiabá | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | São Paulo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| 18 | Juventude | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 2 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 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 | Mirassol | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 4 | Sao Caetano | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 3 |