Struggling São Paulo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Palmeiras in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (25) in Serie A
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa do Brasil. Thankfully the previous game, versus Vasco da Gama, was also a home game here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo. The away team is better rested.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
São Paulo form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. São Paulo have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo.
Paulo's last game was hosting Vasco da Gama and winning 2-0. The attacker Pablo was "man of the match" for Paulo with a rating of 8.04/10. Pablo scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Flamengo.The manager H. Crespo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vasco da Gama in only four days.
São Paulo have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Paulo have conceded 6 goals.
Palmeiras form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Serie A. Palmeiras have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.
Palmeiras have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Weverton Pereira da Silva. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.
Palmeiras go into this game after a win, the home game against Fluminense that ended 1-0. Midfielder Zé Rafael was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Rafael dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 57 total).
Before that, Palmeiras secured a home win against Universidad Catolica with the score 1-0.Palmeiras has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paulo three wins, six draws and Palmeiras one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Vasconcelos Lopes 5 goals | R. Cavalcante Veiga 3 goals | G. Furtado Scarpa 3 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| São Paulo | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 77% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 11.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15 | 15.4 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 17% | 19% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | 34% |
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have scored more than double the goals of São Paulo.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (25) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+13) in Serie A
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 7 | Ceara | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Bahia | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Fluminense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Santos | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Juventude | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Internacional | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | São Paulo | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | América Mineiro | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Gremio | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -13 | 4 |