This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Palmeiras when the Copa Libertadores tournament arrives in town and Santos with it. Read all about the Finals match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Palmeiras form and stats
Last season, Palmeiras's Copa Libertadores journey ended in the quarter-finals.8 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Palmeiras have to build on here in the Serie A. 9W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Palmeiras.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Palmeiras, who played 1-1 against Vasco da Gama. That match was also played at this venue Prior to that, an away loss at Ceara in the Serie A.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Botafogo are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Palmeiras in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 16 league matches. Palmeiras have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 8W-3D-1L. This is both home and away. It's a growing despair in Santos as they have recorded three consecutive losses. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Santos have lost on their last two travels.
Santos play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Atletico Mineiro. A loss against Goias was the result prior to that, in a Serie A home game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santos manager A. Stival as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Gremio.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Santos have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palmeiras four wins, four draws and Santos two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 17 goals |  R. Cavalcante Veiga 11 goals |  L. de Souza da Silva 10 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Santos missing players
| Palmeiras | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 9 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 62 |
| 2 | Sao Paulo | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 57 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 55 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Gremio | 31 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 51 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 50 |
| 8 | Ceara | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 45 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 45 |
| 10 | Santos | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 12 | Atletico PR | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 42 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 42 |
| 14 | Vasco da Gama | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -13 | 36 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 35 |
| 16 | Fortaleza | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -4 | 35 |
| 17 | Bahia | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 32 |
| 18 | Goias | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -21 | 29 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -16 | 27 |
| 20 | Botafogo | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -24 | 23 |