In a mid week match on Monday May 2nd, in week 4, Santos and São Paulo will play a match in São Paulo in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, São Paulo recorded a 1-1 draw against Bragantino. Alerrandro struck first for Bragantino in the 1st minute, then Éder tied it up for São Paulo in the 70th minute squeezing out at least the one point for São Paulo. São Paulo is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while santos is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against América Mineiro. Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida struck first for Santos in the 29th minute on a feed from, then Vinicius added another in the 52nd minute In the end, América Mineiro was frustrated by Santos’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santos ended the match with the shutout victory. Santos is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Santos won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Santos’s most prolific scorer has been Vinicius. The Brazilian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. São Paulo is fortunate enough to have Jonathan Calleri in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.