Santos and Independiente will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Copa Sudamericana 8th Finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Independiente, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Santos form and stats
Santos are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
No payout for Santos in their previous match, an away game at Palmeiras that ended in defeat 2-3. Carlos Sánchez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.7/10. Sánchez scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
Previous to that game, a Serie A home match hosting Athletico PR in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santos handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, six draws and three defeats.
The manager F. Diniz Silva will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bragantino in only three days.
Santos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Santos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Independiente form and stats
Independiente's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the quarter-finals.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Superliga home defeat versus Colon with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Fabricio Bustos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Bustos hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Before that, Independiente secured a home win against Guabira with the score 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Independiente have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, three draws and two defeats.
After this away game Independiente return home for a Superliga game against Argentinos Juniors. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Santos victories, one draw and one Independiente win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 4 goals |  S. Palacios 4 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 3 goals |
Santos missing players
Independiente missing players
| Santos | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 30% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Athletico PR | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Bahia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Santos | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Ceara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Juventude | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | São Paulo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Internacional | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | América Mineiro | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 3 |