Chapecoense vs Santos
Brazil – Serie A
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
Kick-off at 23:00 UK/ 00:00 CET
Venue: Arena Condá (Chapecó).
Team News
Chapecoense AF
Vagner, Rafael Pereira, Thiago dos Santos, Yann Rolim and Douglas will not appear because they remain injured.
Gustavo Campanharo had an amazing performance last time and he will be full of confidence here.
Coach Emerson Cris is expected to give the same starting XI name that held Botafogo to a draw on Monday.
Santos FC
Jorge took his third yellow card this season against Fortaleza and will undergo a match ban. Felipe Jonatan is likely to be pushed from midfield to the left, making room for Jean Mota to start.
Marinho was also suspended due to accumulated bookings that would allow Derlis González to start on the right wing.
Despite making crucial mistakes, Felipe Aguilar must maintain his position as a central defender.
MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: AWAY WIN
Chapecoense came from a poor performance against Botafogo because the visitors ended goalless and had no chance of being created for the full 90 minutes. With that score they come from two clean sheets - three in their last five league games -, showing that even though they have terrible defenses, they have increased these numbers.
With the draw they arrived in this round still placed in the relegation zone but victory here will get them out, because they only need one point to do it, but the problem is that Santos is one of the leaders of Brasileiro, and also has a great attack .
The visitors haven't been that great recently, though, and failed to win their last three matches - including the last 3-3 home draws against Fortaleza after opening 3-0 in the first round -, which sent them down from first to second provisional places conceded eight goals in the last three rounds. But it should also be noted that they scored five goals in this match and against a weak defense, Santos will continue to score on their way to an away victory.
SECOND PREDICTION: HILO - HIGH
This match places the weakest defense in the league and one of the strongest strikes face-to-face - Chapecoense has conceded 27 times so far, while Santos has scored 28 goals - and even without Marinho, who is usually a substitute for Sampaoli's coach, Santos will make the game finish with a high score .
Chapecoense vs Santos Head-to-head (h2h)
The last six consecutive games have failed to get a goal from both teams.
The home team failed to win the previous two matches.
The last one to meet in this stadium, a goalless draw is the result.
Two of the three previous matches at this venue prevented the hosts from finding the back of the net.
Chapecoense vs Santos Betting Tips
Santos to Win.
To open the score: Santos.