📊 Form Guide

Santos

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Santos will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-2 Serie A losing effort in their last game against Fortaleza.

In that match, Santos managed 55% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Santos was Messias (58'). On the other side, Fortaleza had 14 shots at goal with 7 on target. Marinho (39') and Juan Lucero (96') scored for Fortaleza.

Santos have not been in good attacking form of late. Their goals record equals just 3 versus opponents over their last 6 matches. In those meetings, Santos have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 9.

Paysandu

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Juventude in Copa do Brasil competition, Paysandu will be aiming to make amends here.

The only scorer from Paysandu was Vinícius Leite (70'). Gilberto (23', 43') and Lucas Barbosa (50') scored for Juventude.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring , three or more goals have been hit. The average number of goals per match within that spell is 3, with the number of goals averaged by standing at 0.83. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained here.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 09/04/2003 shows that Santos have won 4 of them & Paysandu 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 overall which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.

🗞️ Team News: Santos

Souza (Thigh problems) and Kevyson (Cruciate ligament surgery) won’t be playing for Santos gaffer Marcelo Fernandes.

ℹ️ Team News: Paysandu

Owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from, the Paysandu boss Hélio dos Anjos has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

✨ Prediction

In this game, may well find it hard to score against a Santos lineup who will most probably create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.

Our tip is for a comprehensive 3-0 win for Santos when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Victor Martins, 19:06 20/04/2024