São Paulo vs Santos match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (73501 seats)

São Paulo and Santos are both riding high in the Serie A with their 6th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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São Paulo form and stats

2-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for São Paulo so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for São Paulo, who won 2-1 against Fluminense. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Chapecoense in a game that was won 4-0.

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 São Paulo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 0.

São Paulo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo with 9 goals in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, São Paulo have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Santos form and stats

Santos's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Santos collect 13 points from their 6 away matches. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Santos have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Santos have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The supporters enjoyed Santos's previous game versus Goiás, a Serie A 6-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Avaí.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Santos in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Santos, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games, an average of less than one per game. Santos are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 São Paulo victories, 2 draws and 5 Santos wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Eduardo Sasha
6 goals
C. Sánchez
5 goals / 3 assists

São Paulo missing players

Santos missing players

São Paulo Santos
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played 1 6 13
5 2 0 Won 0 4 10
6 4 2 Drew 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost 1 1 1
15 9 2 Scored 0 5 23
7 3 2 Conceded 4 5 9
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 100% 83% 85%
67% 83% 100% Over 1.5 100% 33% 54%
25% 17% 0% Over 2.5 100% 33% 54%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 100% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 50% 100% BTTS 0% 17% 38%
42% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 67% 54%
25% 17% 0% Failed To Score 100% 33% 23%
 
5.5 5.2 7 Corners For (avg) 5 4.7 5.8
5.1 4.5 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.8 4.8
2.1 1.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 3.2 2.9
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Santos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • São Paulo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

São Paulo
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Florida Cup Paulista A1 Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
09-06-19 SA Avaí 0 - 0 São Paulo
13-06-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 1 - 1 São Paulo
13-07-19 SA São Paulo 1 - 1 Palmeiras
22-07-19 SA São Paulo 4 - 0 Chapecoense
27-07-19 SA Fluminense 1 - 2 São Paulo
10-08-19 SA São Paulo 20:00 Santos
18-08-19 SA São Paulo 19:00 Ceará
21-08-19 SA Athletico PR 22:15 São Paulo
25-08-19 SA Vasco da Gama 19:00 São Paulo
31-08-19 SA São Paulo 14:00 Grêmio
Santos
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Premier League Club Friendlies Paulista A1 Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
13-06-19 SA Santos 1 - 0 Corinthians
13-07-19 SA Bahia 0 - 1 Santos
21-07-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 1 Santos
28-07-19 SA Santos 3 - 1 Avaí
04-08-19 SA Santos 6 - 1 Goiás
10-08-19 SA São Paulo 20:00 Santos
18-08-19 SA Cruzeiro 19:00 Santos
25-08-19 SA Santos 19:00 Fortaleza
31-08-19 SA Chapecoense 22:00 Santos
08-09-19 SA Santos 19:00 Athletico PR

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Santos 13 10 2 1 23 9 7 6 1 0 18 4 6 4 1 1 5 5 14 32
2 Palmeiras 13 8 4 1 21 7 6 5 1 0 13 1 7 3 3 1 8 6 14 28
3 Flamengo 13 7 3 3 25 16 6 6 0 0 19 7 7 1 3 3 6 9 9 24
4 Atlético Mineiro 13 7 3 3 20 14 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 24
5 Corinthians 13 6 5 2 15 8 7 4 3 0 7 2 6 2 2 2 8 6 7 23
6 São Paulo 12 5 6 1 15 7 6 2 4 0 9 3 6 3 2 1 6 4 8 21
7 Internacional 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 6 1 0 14 4 6 0 1 5 2 8 4 20
8 Athletico PR 12 6 1 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 9 3 7 2 1 4 11 9 8 19
9 Bahia 13 5 4 4 14 12 7 5 1 1 11 5 6 0 3 3 3 7 2 19
10 Botafogo 13 6 1 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 5 5 7 3 1 3 7 7 0 19
11 Ceará 13 5 2 6 15 12 7 4 1 2 11 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 3 17
12 Grêmio 13 4 5 4 16 16 6 3 1 2 12 11 7 1 4 2 4 5 0 17
13 Goiás 13 5 2 6 13 22 6 4 1 1 9 5 7 1 1 5 4 17 -9 17
14 Fortaleza 13 4 2 7 14 20 6 3 1 2 8 7 7 1 1 5 6 13 -6 14
15 Vasco da Gama 13 3 5 5 12 18 7 3 3 1 8 6 6 0 2 4 4 12 -6 14
16 Fluminense 13 3 3 7 18 22 7 2 2 3 8 7 6 1 1 4 10 15 -4 12
17 Chapecoense 13 2 4 7 14 23 7 1 3 3 7 9 6 1 1 4 7 14 -9 10
18 Cruzeiro 13 2 4 7 9 20 6 2 2 2 4 5 7 0 2 5 5 15 -11 10
19 CSA 13 1 5 7 3 20 7 1 3 3 3 9 6 0 2 4 0 11 -17 8
20 Avaí 13 0 5 8 5 18 6 0 4 2 2 5 7 0 1 6 3 13 -13 5

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