Santos and Athletico face each other this Tuesday, at 21:00 (Brasília time), in Vila Belmiro, in a game valid for the 28th round of Serie A of the Brazilian Championship.
Peixe has not won for four rounds, with one draw and three defeats. A victory, in addition to keeping the team with hopes of winning a spot in the Libertadores, can distance the team from the relegation zone.
Still without defining the new commander after Lisca’s resignation, Santos continues with the interim Orlando Ribeiro in charge. Without being able to count on Soteldo, summoned by the selection of Venezuela, the coach carried out some tests during the week and must make changes in relation to the team that faced Palmeiras in the last round. Nathan, Carlos Sácnhez, Luan and Ângelo can win a chance among the holders.
In sixth place, with 44 points, Athletico comes from two draws against teams from the Z-4: Cuiabá (2-2, at home) and Avaí (1-1, away). With the setbacks, Hurricane wasted chances of entering the G-4 and has a new opportunity to at least sleep in the select group. For that, they need to break a fast of 20 games without winning in Vila for the Serie A: 15 defeats and five draws.
Felipão has the casualties of defender Pedro Henrique and left-back Abner, injured. Matheus Felipe enters the defense, while the defender Nico Hernández must be improvised on the side, as the natural substitute Pedrinho is suspended.
Another absence is forward Canobbio, who is with the Uruguayan national team. On the other hand, Felipão has the return of goalkeeper Bento, midfielder Fernandinho and forward Vitinho.
Santos and Athletico-PR Retrospect
From the same point of view, Santos and Athletico Paranaense have already faced each other in the Brazilian Championship 50 times with 26 wins for Peixe and 11 wins for Athletico. In this sense, they add up to 13 draws. Therefore, the last confrontation between the teams was in the first round of the Brasileirão, with a 2-2 draw.
Last five matches
Thus, the club from Baixada Santos, in the last five games won only one. Also, they had three defeats and one draw. It is worth mentioning that last week, Lisca left Peixe in agreement with the Santos president.
Athletico-PR, on the other hand, comes from a good campaign, as they are in the Libertadores final and in the last match of the Brazilian Championship they beat Fluminense by 1 x 0. Thus, Paranaense occupies the 6th position of the Brasileirão Serie A and seeks the G4, to secure a spot for the Copa Libertadores next season.
Total Goals: Under 2.5 Goals
That way, based on the bet above that Peixe wins the match, you can also choose how many goals the team will score in the game. According to the last games of both, there is a probability that the match will have less than 2.5 goals in the match.
Both Score: No
Therefore, based on the previous clashes between the teams, the two do not score in the match. And with the bet that Santos wins the match, he can score one or two goals at most.
