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Sao Paulo vs Santos — the facts
Sao Paulo meet Santos in the Brasileirão Série A (Regular Season - 21). Kick-off is Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 20:00 UTC at Estadio Do MorumBIS.
Team pages: Sao Paulo · Santos · Brasileirão Série A
Sirius · Why these numbers
Sao Paulo 49% · Draw 28% · Santos 23%
Level sides, home ground swings it — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and Brasileirão Série A home advantage gives Sao Paulo the lean. The draw at 28% is helped by a draw-heavy league.
Why Sao Paulo in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1647 to 1609. Sides this close won 45.6% of 14,392 home games (draw 26.5%, visitors 27.9%). Brasileirão Série A home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 24.9% norm) and away wins (24.9% vs 30.2%). Brasileirão Série A homes won 48.3% of 4,368 games vs 44.9% across all 98,308 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 49%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 28% and Santos at 23%.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Santos win?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.5%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.5% of 24,601. Brasileirão Série A runs draw-heavy, adding 2.0 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Sao Paulo are missing 3 regular starters — Luciano, Sabino, Cauly — about 24% of their usual starting-XI weight. A body count alone told us nothing. Santos's last five: W-L-L-W-L — clearly the hotter side on recent results. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.8% of 2172 games when clearly hotter and 42.9% of 3973 when clearly colder. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: kickoff time and matchday details for Sao Paulo vs Santos, the head-to-head record and recent form, confirmed lineups about an hour before kick-off — then the live score, goal clips and video highlights once this Brasileirão Série A fixture kicks off.
- Live score updates and a goal-by-goal timeline once play begins.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Confirmed starting lineups, usually about an hour before kick-off.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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