With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Santos fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sport Recife.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sport Recife has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Libertadores. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at LDU Quito.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sport Recife have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Santos form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Santos are 5-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Santos bring valid hopes of a third.
Santos enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at LDU Quito's place. The match ended 2-1 with Marinho and Yeferson Soteldo scoring. Heartbreak before that as Santos lost 0-1 at Athletico PR's place.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as LDU Quito are coming to town in three days.
Santos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira with 19 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Santos have conceded 12 goals.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-4-5 (11 played). Visiting Recife has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Sport Recife aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 307 league minutes without a goal. Thiago Neves was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for Recife in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Atletico GO, 0-1. A 0-2 loss hosting Vasco da Gama before that.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sport Recife as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sport Recife have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sport Recife - Santos 0-1 earlier this season. Santos-Sport Recife H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Santos four wins, Sport Recife three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 12 goals |  M. Ferreira dos Santos 4 goals |  I. Maidana Martins 4 goals |
Santos missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Santos | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 30 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 55% |
| 45% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 32% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 36% | 36% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 64% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 12.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.5 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 37% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 31% |
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Recife have scored away.
- Santos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sport Recife has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Internacional | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Santos | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Gremio | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Bahia | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 28 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Ceara | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 15 |