Santos and Corinthians meet in Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho, in a match for the 29 th round of Serie A. The two teams tied (1-1), on 07-06-2018, in the previous match for this edition of the league. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 14 matches won 6, tied 3 and lost 5. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 7th and 11th of the league table, in reality it is a match between the 17th classified in home games and the 12th as a visitor.
Santos:
After 10 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, the home team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 39 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Vitória by (0-1), after in the previous match they have won (1-0) at home, against Atlético PR. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, usually conquer as many points at home as outside. In his last games he scored 20 goals and suffered 10 at home, against 12 scored and 16 suffered as a visitor. In the last 10 home matches for the championship Santos won 3, drew 5 and lost 2, for which he won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 14 matches). Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 2 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 28 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and never got the comeback.
Santos is a club that has seven titles of the Brazilian Championship of Serie A, the last title won in 2004. Santos also has a Brazilian Cup and twenty-two titles of the Paulista A1 Championship, as well as several international conquests, such as three titles of the Copa Libertadores de América, a Recopa Sudamericana and an Intercontinental Cup. In the season of the Brazilian Serie A Championship of 2018, Santos ranks seventh and when analyzing his last five home games, we see that the team won two and drew three, showing great defensive solidity, suffering only one goal in these five matches. In addition, we see that in these games there were not many goals, since all had less than 2.5 goals scored.
Corinthians:
After 9 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, the away team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 35 points won. In the last match, they lost in a home match against Flamengo, by (0-3), after in the previous match they tied in a match against América Mineiro, by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 8 points in away matches and 15 at their stadium, with 13 goals scored and 16 conceded at home, against 15 goals scored and 10 conceded at home. The team comes to this match after a loss to Cruzeiro by (1-0). For the league, Corinthians won 4 points out of 30 possible points, after 1 win, 1 draw and 8 losses in the last 10 home matches. In the matches played outside their stadium there are some more frequent results: at the end of the first 45 ‘0-0 (7 in 15 matches) and at the end of the match 1-0 (5 out of 15 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 28 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in 13 matches in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 13 home matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘); He suffered 6 of his 16 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Corinthians is a club that has already won seven titles of the Brazilian Serie A championship, being the most recent title won last year, in 2017, as well as three titles of the Copa del Brasil and one of the Copa Libertadores. In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular campaign, currently occupying the eleventh position. His away campaign has not been very good, because when analyzing his last five games away from home, we see four losses and one draw and he has not managed to score goals in three exhibitions. Corinthians must enter with a mixed team, since they recently played a final against Cruzeiro, which lost by 1×0, so the team should be even more defensive.
PREDICTION: Santos to win @ 1.54
