In this week 23 match on the 21st of August, Santos will host São Paulo 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 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 10th placed Santos is fresh off their 0-1 loss against América Mineiro. Pedrinho scored the first goal for América Mineiro in the 14th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santos couldn’t manage to score, and América Mineiro took the shutout win. Santos is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while são Paulo sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Bragantino. Rodrigo Nestor Bertalia struck first for São Paulo in the 25th minute, then Jonathan Calleri added another in the 59th minute In the end, Bragantino was frustrated by São Paulo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. São Paulo ended the match with the shutout victory. São Paulo is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On May 2nd, São Paulo hosted Santos in their last match together. São Paulo won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 37000 fans. Jonathan Calleri struck first for São Paulo in the 10th minute on a feed from Patrick, but Santos Almeida got the equalizer for Santos in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
São Paulo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jonathan Calleri and Rodrigo Nestor Bertalia each having 2 goals in their last 5. Santos Almeida has been the most effective weapon for Santos lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.