Serie A: Tipsway are looking at an intriguing and vital fight involving Santos and Vasco da Gama at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. Both are in need of a good run!
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!
Santos form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Santos at their home stadium (Estádio Urbano Caldeira) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. When Santos hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Santos, Sao Paulo, Goias, Coritiba, Bahia and América Mineiro), they have won 3 of 3 matches!
Santos enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bahia's place. The match ended 2-1 with Leonardo and Furch scoring. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. A late climax in the match against Bahia as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Furch. Joaquim was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.63 out of 10. The defender Joaquim signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Cruzeiro that was lost 0-3.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 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Santos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
There's been little loot from Vasco da Gama's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Serie A. Vasco da Gama only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Vasco da Gama, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus América Mineiro (placed 19th) last time out. Vasco da Gama goalie Jardim was high and low in the América Mineiro game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Jardim got the top player rating of the team with 8.41/10. Jardim topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Coritiba.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vasco playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Vasco da Gama wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 11 of this club's last 14 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vasco da Gama as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vasco da Gama have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Vasco da Gama - Santos 0-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Santos wins - draws - Vasco da Gama wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 9 goals |   G. Fortes Chaves 6 goals |  P. Vegetti Pfaffen 6 goals |
Santos missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Santos | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 23 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 40 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 34 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 62% |
| 50% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 17% |
| 42% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 50% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 12.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.3 | 13 |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 33% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 30% | 28% |
| 15.4 | 12.9 | 18.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 16.3 | 13.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vasco da Gama 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 | Botafogo | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Gremio | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 43 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 40 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 13 | Internacional | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 26 |
| 16 | Goias | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 17 | Bahia | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 25 |
| 18 | Santos | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -17 | 24 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -24 | 17 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 34 | -27 | 14 |
