On May 13th, Santos will host Coritiba at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in a meeting of these two Copa do Brasil teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Santos recorded a 4-1 win against Cuiabá. Léo Baptistão struck first for Santos in the 3rd minute on a feed from Madson, then Alesson tied it up for Cuiabá in the 11th minute on a feed from Uendel. Santos is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while coritiba is fresh off their 3-2 win against Fluminense. Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima struck first for Fluminense in the 19th minute on a feed from Nonato, then Chagas de Lima added another in the 36th minute But luckily in the 94th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Léo Gamalho. Coritiba is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Coritiba and Santos last played eachother at the Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira on Wed Apr 20th. Coritiba won by a score of 1 to 0. Alef Manga scored the first goal for Coritiba in the 23rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Santos couldn’t muster any offence and Coritiba ran away with the shutout win.
Léo Gamalho has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Coritiba. Santos Almeida has been the most prolific scorer on Santos in his last five matches with 3 goals.