Palmeiras face Santos again nine months after their last meeting | OneFootball

This Thursday (6th), Palmeiras will host Santos at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) at Allianz Parque, for the 32nd round of the Brazilian Championship. Although the season is approaching its final stretch, this will be only the second derby between the clubs this year.

With the postponement of the first-round match due to the Club World Cup in June—which will also be played in November, on the 15th, at Vila Belmiro—the teams have faced each other only once this year, in the Paulista Championship, back in January.

On that occasion, the match ended with a 2-1 victory for Palmeiras on January 22, during the third round of the state championship’s first phase. The win came with goals from Thalys and Richard Ríos at Vila Belmiro, in a comeback, with the Colombian’s goal scored in stoppage time.

None of the goal scorers are currently at Verdão. Both were transferred to European clubs in the last transfer window, in July and August. Richard Ríos is now at Benfica, in Portugal, while Thalys is at Almeria, in Spain’s second division.

Besides departures, there have also been many arrivals in the Palmeiras squad since then. Of the current starting lineup, goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, full-back Khellven, center-back Bruno Fuchs, and forwards Sosa and Vitor Roque had not yet joined the Football Academy.

Reunions

The match between Palmeiras and Santos will also be a special reunion between Verdão and two players who left their mark during Abel Ferreira’s successful era—Zé Rafael and Mayke, who were transferred to the Baixada Santista team this season.

Zé has been at the club since the beginning of 2025 and has become a starter. Mayke, transferred in the last window, is a substitute, behind Igor Vinicius. Among their achievements with Verdão, they won two Libertadores titles (2020 and 2021), the Brasileirão (2022 and 2023), as well as Paulista Championships, the Recopa Sudamericana, and the Copa do Brasil.

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