Probable Lineups
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in Serie A.
Missing Players
Palmeiras
Santos FC
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Ricardo Goulart | Out | 6.08 | |
Willian | Out | 6.59 | |
Felipe Melo | Doubtful | 7.14 | |
Gustavo Scarpa | Doubtful | 6.79 |
No missing players.
Team News
Palmeiras
Santos FC
- Willian and Ricardo Goulart remain injured and will not feature here.
- Gustavo Scarpa and Felipe Melo will be reassessed closer to kick-off. The latter is the likeliest to recover ahead for Saturday.
- Bruno Henrique scored a brace against Atlético last weekend and will be boosted here.
- Raphael Veiga and Lucas Lima will fight for a place in the middle of the park.
- Sampaoli will have a full squad to pick from on Saturday.
- Everton, Soteldo and Sasha didn't play against Atletico in midweek but they should return to the starting XI here.
- Despite using a back-four against Vasco, Sampaoli is expected to return to a 3-4-3 formation.
The pragmatic football of Palmeiras is giving results and will not be different in this classic against Santos, it will hardly lose. Santos has improved a lot with the arrival of Sampaoli and has been making a very good campaign. Palmeiras 1 - 0 Santos