The home team stadium regulars bank on a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage should be put to good use against a stumbling visitor. São Paulo are in 13th position while the guesting Santos panic at 16th.
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos is in the worst form (0-3-3)
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a Serie A match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Chapecoense.
São Paulo form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what São Paulo have to build on here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the Serie A. The last three games played by Paulo, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Paulo drew their last game, 1-1 away at Chapecoense (placed 20th). The forward Emiliano Rigoni bettered all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.14 out of 10. Rigoni scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that, Paulo drew at home versus Atlético Mineiro.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Paulo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won three times, drawn seven and lost two.
The manager H. Crespo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cuiabá in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for São Paulo here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). São Paulo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Santos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Santos have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 296 minutes.
Santos play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Juventude (placed 15th). Pará got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Pará hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Ceara.We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were one victory, six draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Grêmio in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santos as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Santos have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Santos - São Paulo 2-0 registered in the official records. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): São Paulo won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Santos have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  E. Rigoni 4 goals |   M. Santos Costa 4 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Santos missing players
| São Paulo | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 78% | 64% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 77% |
| 61% | 45% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 64% |
| 30% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 45% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 36% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 36% |
| 39% | 45% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 50% |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.2 | 13.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 20% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 21% | 24% |
- Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
- Santos have the most conceded goals (19) away in Serie A
- Santos have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Serie A
- Santos is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- 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 | Atlético Mineiro | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 49 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Internacional | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Atlético GO | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Cuiabá | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Ceara | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | América Mineiro | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Juventude | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Bahia | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Grêmio | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -18 | 11 |