Gabigol eyes end to goal drought in Brasileiro vs Vasco | OneFootball

Top scorer for Santos this season, Gabigol is going through a goal drought in the Brazilian Championship. The forward has gone ten matches without scoring in the competition and aims to end this streak on Thursday, when Peixe hosts Vasco at Vila Belmiro for the fourth round of the Brasileirão.

Despite being the main offensive reference for Santos, with four goals in ten games this season, Gabigol has nearly five months without finding the net in the Brazilian Championship. The last time he scored in the competition was on October 5, 2025, when he was still playing for Cruzeiro, in a 1-1 draw with Sport.

Even as a substitute in the final stretch of that Brasileirão for Cruzeiro, the forward played nine more times and did not score again. For Santos, he only played against São Paulo in the second round and also failed to score.

The ten-game goalless streak in the Brazilian Championship marks the second-worst record of Gabigol's career. The negative record was 12 matches, between 2023 and 2024, when he was playing for Flamengo.

After a standout phase from 2019 to 2022 with the Rubro-Negro, fluctuations became more frequent. The worst drought occurred between August 20, 2023, and June 2, 2024, totaling more than nine months without scoring in the Brasileirão.

Vasco's Nemesis

To get back on the scoring track in the competition, Gabigol will face an opponent against whom he usually performs well. Against Vasco, the forward has scored eight goals in 20 matches.

All goals were scored while playing for Flamengo – seven in the Brazilian Championship and one in the Carioca Championship. The record is also favorable in terms of results: 14 wins, four draws, and only two losses against the Gigante da Colina.

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Turbulent Moment

Just like last year, Santos is not having a good season. Last Sunday, they lost to Novorizontino 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the Campeonato Paulista and were eliminated.

The situation in the Brazilian Championship is also not good. So far, they have only earned one point in a 1-1 draw with São Paulo. In the other two matches, they lost to Chapecoense and Athletico-PR, and are in 18th place in the national competition standings.

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