Corinthians vs Santos Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Corinthians

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Corinthians won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 1-0 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Flamengo.

In that game, Corinthians managed 43% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Flamengo got 22 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Bruno Henrique (94') scored for Flamengo.

Over their prior six games, Sylvio Sylvinho's Corinthians have found the net a combined total of 7 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

A look at their previous results shows us that Corinthians:

• haven't beaten Santos in their previous 8 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 9 home league matches. It's been impressive.

Santos

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Santos go into this clash after a 2-0 Serie A win with the defeat of Chapecoense in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Santos had 43% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Santos, the goalscorers were Marinho (27') and Marcos Guilherme (84'). Chapecoense got 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

For 6 of the past six clashes featuring Santos, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes out as a mere 1.5, with the average goals for Peixe standing at 1.17.

Their previous form shows that Santos:

• have not beaten Corinthians when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• haven't been beaten by Corinthians when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 13/10/2018 shows us that Corinthians have won 0 of them and Santos 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

Also, the lack of goals in those games was pretty extraordinary, with a tally of 5 scored between them combined.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Serie A match day 15 on 08/08/2021 which ended up with the score at Santos 0-0 Corinthians.

On that occasion, Santos managed 57% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

Corinthians got 9 shots at goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Flavio Rodrigues de Souza.

🗞️ Team News: Corinthians

The Corinthians manager Sylvio Sylvinho has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game owing to a completely healthy group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Santos

Thanks to a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Santos manager Fábio Carille has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Corinthians will, in all likelihood, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

In contrast, Santos won’t find it easy to make a breakthrough but we do fancy them hitting back at some stage here.

We’re tipping a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Corinthians come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 11:59 18/11/2021