September 18th features a match where Palmeiras hosts Santos in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Palmeiras sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Juventude. Rony struck first for Palmeiras in the 46th minute, then Guilherme Parede tied it up for Juventude in the 63rd minute. Palmeiras looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Santos, recorded a 1-2 loss against Ceará. Guilherme Castilho struck first for Ceará in the 6th minute on a feed from Nino Paraíba, then Zé Roberto added another in the 30th minute. Santos is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Santos and Palmeiras last played eachother at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira on the 29th of May. Palmeiras took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Gustavo Gómez struck first for Palmeiras in the 80th minute on a feed from Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santos couldn’t manage to score, and Palmeiras took the shutout win.
Santos hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Lucas Braga and Savio, and they each have 1 goal. Rony has been the most prolific scorer on Palmeiras in the last five matches with two goals.