Santos have travelled here for an absorbing fight against the hosts São Paulo. Get ready for the match with this thorough Serie A preview!
It's no vacation for neither São Paulo nor Santos 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.
São Paulo form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie A game here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, lifting spirits. Home statistics for São Paulo last season were 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 6 games. Ever since the Palmeiras game Paulo has been unbeatable here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo producing five straight wins.
São Paulo are returning here after visiting Wilstermann in a Copa Sudamericana match and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Before that, São Paulo played out a Serie A draw 1-1 when visiting Bragantino.There will be little rest for Paulo after this match as they are travelling to Everton for a Copa Sudamericana game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the São Paulo at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Santos form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Serie A away game of the season. During their previous season 6 away games resulted in 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Visiting Santos has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Union La Calera in their previous outing. The Copa Sudamericana battle ended 1-1.
Before that, Santos secured a home win against America Mineiro with the score 3-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santos manager Bustos as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Universidad Catolica.
0 goals so far away for Santos, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these contenders: São Paulo won four, Santos were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 4 goals |   V. de Souza Zanocelo 2 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 1 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Santos missing players
| São Paulo | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 33% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 28% |
| 12.7 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 26 | 26 | 22 |
| 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| São Paulo | Last season | Santos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 9 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 69% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 69% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 50% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 38% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 8% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Cuiaba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Avai | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Coritiba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | America Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Ceara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Atletico PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Goias | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Juventude | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | São Paulo | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Sao Bernardo | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 3 | Ferroviaria | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 3 |
