Sao Paulo v Santos

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Eighth-placed Sao Paulo will be hoping their form at home can come to their aid once again on Sunday afternoon when they entertain Santos at Morumbi as the hosts have won six of their seven home games so far in this campaign and they'll no doubt be keen to continue their ascent up the Serie A table with a win here.

Sao Paulo have suffered just four defeats within their opening 14 games of this new Serie A season and it's worth noting that three of these four losses were incurred on their travels whilst losing just once at home all season to date.

That rare loss at home proved to be a 2-0 defeat to fifth-placed Palmeiras but results overall on home soil have been generally most impressive as Sao Paulo have collected six wins in the process as well as scoring two goals or more in five of these six victories too.

Home wins this season captured against the likes of America Mineiro, Internacional, Vasco da Gama, Goias, Athletico PR and Fluminense should stand Sao Paulo in good stead of this upcoming tussle with Santos.

Santos find themselves occupying a position in the lower half of the Serie A standings and in 13th place where they trail the top 12 teams by a four-point margin ahead of this tough looking trip to Morumbi to take on Sao Paulo on Sunday afternoon.

Although Santos did register a win last time out in the Brazilian top flight by way of a 4-3 home win against Goias, that has proved to be Santos' only highlight in an otherwise disappointing sequence of games in the domestic top flight.

Santos had previously endured a sticky seven-match winless run in Serie A that included four defeats which came in the form of losses to Bragantino, Corinthians, Flamengo and Cuiaba, while wins on their travels have also been hard to come by in recent times.

The visitors have achieved just one win from their previous seven outings on the road whilst also being handed five defeats in the process and their situation has not been helped by the fact that they have also failed to score in five of their previous seven outings as well.

Sao Paulo v Santos Verdict

Sao Paulo look to be in the driving seat for this upcoming clash with Santos as the hosts have held the upper hand in previous exchanges, the hosts winning three of the last four meetings as well as scoring two goals or more in each of these three victories.

Therefore, our main bet will be Sao Paulo win @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

Sao Paulo win & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.10

Correct score: Sao Paulo 2-0 @ 6.50