São Paulo’s home steel meets Santos’ ruthless away streak in Brasileirão test | OneFootball

São Paulo, one of the year’s strongest hosts, meet Santos in a fixture shaped by form. The visitors have been sharp on their travels in the returno, while the hosts have been hard to breach at home.

According to Globo.com, Santos have the returno’s most efficient visiting attack, scoring once every 3.4 attempts despite averaging only 7.8 shots per game. São Paulo at home allow just 7.5 opposition shots and concede once every 15.0 attempts in the second half of the season. Few Santos efforts on goal are likely.

Across 23 home games this year, São Paulo have 15 wins, five draws and only three defeats, a 72% return, the fourth-best among the 20 Série A clubs. They have lost only one of the last 15 at home, with nine wins and five draws, a 71% run.

They have conceded 17 home goals, a 0.74 average, the third-best, and kept 10 clean sheets, 43%, the fourth-best. They have failed to score in only one home match, 4%, the best mark this year.

Home yield was 63% in the first turn, sixth-best, and is 83% in the returno, the second-best. Santos have won all four away matches in the returno. Since 2006 the clubs have met 19 times, São Paulo winning 13 with two draws and four Santos victories, the last in January 2021 when Cuca was also Santos coach, though Cuca has not beaten Dorival Júnior away in Série A in seven games since 2006.

Source: Globo.com

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