Santos are 2 points ahead of Sao Paulo before Friday’s Serie A match
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Santos hold a 2-point provisional Serie A advantage over Sao Paulo, but Sao Paulo bring stronger recent results and an 8W 3D 2L home record into Friday’s match at Morumbi.
Before kickoff
Santos are 2 points ahead of Sao Paulo in the provisional Serie A table before Friday’s meeting at Morumbi, with kickoff set for 23:00 UTC. The key question is whether Sao Paulo’s recent sequence can outweigh Santos’ narrow table advantage in Regular Season - 21.
A two-point gap and contrasting form
Santos occupy #8 with 38 points from 27 games, while Sao Paulo are #11 with 36 points from 27. Sao Paulo’s five most recent results read Win, Draw, Win, Win, Win; Santos’ read Loss, Draw, Loss, Win, Draw. The league leaders are Flamengo on 60 points, leaving Sao Paulo 24 points behind and Santos 22 behind in the provisional standings.
Morumbi record meets Santos’ away numbers
Sao Paulo have an 8W 3D 2L home record this league season, scoring 21 goals and conceding 10, with five home clean sheets. Santos’ away record is 4W 4D 5L, with 21 goals scored, 22 conceded and three clean sheets. That creates the clearest statistical contrast before kickoff, without establishing an outcome.
Availability sharpens the question. Sao Paulo list Jonathan Calleri as missing through yellow cards, alongside Lucas Moura with an Achilles tendon injury and Lucca Marques with a jaw injury; Santos list Neymar with a thigh injury and Luan Peres and Gabriel Bontempo through yellow cards. Santos’ Gabriel Barbosa remains the leading scorer among these squads with 11 goals and 3 assists in 19 appearances.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Flamengo | WWWWW | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 23 | 60 | |
| 2 | Palmeiras | DWDDW | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 57 | |
| 3 | Atletico Paranaense | WDLDW | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 49 | |
| 4 | Fluminense | WLWDW | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 48 | |
| 5 | Bahia | LWWWW | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 35 | 46 | |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | WLWLW | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 45 | |
| 7 | Atletico-MG | DWLWD | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 40 | |
| 8 | Santos | WWWWD | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 38 | |
| 9 | Coritiba | LDLWW | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 38 | |
| 10 | RB Bragantino | LDLLW | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 36 | |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | WLWWL | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 30 | 36 | |
| 12 | Botafogo | LWDDL | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 35 | |
| 13 | Vitoria | LDWLL | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 42 | 33 | |
| 14 | Corinthians | LLLLL | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 32 | 32 | |
| 15 | Mirassol | WDWLD | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 32 | |
| 16 | Vasco DA Gama | WWLWL | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 31 | |
| 17 | Gremio | DLLLW | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 29 | |
| 18 | Internacional | LWLLD | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 28 | |
| 19 | Remo | LLLLL | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 23 | |
| 20 | Chapecoense-sc | DLWLW | 27 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 53 | 18 |