Coutinho debuts, Gabigol seals comeback as Santos beat São Paulo | OneFootball

At MorumBIS, Santos came from behind to beat São Paulo 2-1 this Friday (2), in a postponed match from Round 21 of the 2026 Brasileirão.

Tricolor Paulista actually started better and opened the scoring through Luciano, converting a penalty that was confirmed after a VAR review.

But in the very next minute after play resumed, Gabriel Barbosa headed in a cross from the left to level the match.

After the break, Philippe Coutinho made his debut for Peixe and immediately showed what he was there for.

The new No. 11 at Vila Belmiro started the move that led to the comeback by setting up Everton Cebolinha, who found Gabigol in the box.

The striker fired a low shot across goal and scored his 107th goal in a Santos shirt (his 23rd of the season, in 43 matches).

Gabigol also reached 132 goals in the Brazilian Championship and became the competition’s sixth all-time top scorer (since 1937), moving past Diego Souza (130 goals) and closing in on Zico (135 goals).

🚦 Standings

With their fifth straight win in the Brasileirão, Santos reached 41 points and climbed to seventh place in the table.

São Paulo, meanwhile, continuing their up-and-down run this season, remain on 36 points in 11th place.

Tricolor Paulista return to action next Wednesday (7), when they visit Cruzeiro at Mineirão in Round 29.

Peixe, meanwhile, host Flamengo at Vila Belmiro on Thursday (8).

Featured photo: Disclosure/X Santos F.C.

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