Santos vs Atletico Paranaense — Brasileirão Série A: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow2 clips- 14′Atletico Paranaense, goal:0–1
- 20′Santos, yellow card:Foul
- 26′Atletico Paranaense, goal:0–2assist
- 34′Atletico Paranaense, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time0 – 2
- 46′Santos, substitution:off
- 60′Atletico Paranaense, substitution:off
- 60′Atletico Paranaense, substitution:off
- 61′Atletico Paranaense, substitution:off
- 61′Santos, substitution:off
- 71′Atletico Paranaense, substitution:off
- 80′Santos, substitution:off
- 80′Santos, substitution:off
- 85′Atletico Paranaense, substitution:off
- Full-time0 – 2
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Viveros brace sinks Santos as Atletico Paranaense strike twice early
Santos suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Atletico Paranaense at Vila Belmiro in round 22 of the Brasileirão Série A, with both goals arriving inside the opening half hour to settle the contest early. The result did little to ease Santos's struggles in 17th place, while Atletico Paranaense strengthened their position in second.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Kevin Viveros put the visitors ahead in the 14th minute before doubling their advantage on 26 minutes, latching onto a Joao Cruz assist to make it 0-2. Both goals stood as the half-time score, and neither side found the net again over the remaining hour of play, leaving Atletico Paranaense to see out the contest with the game already effectively decided.
Santos dominated territory, holding 62 percent of possession and firing 22 shots to their opponents' eight, yet managed only two on target compared with four for Atletico Paranaense, whose clinical edge in front of goal proved decisive despite a narrower expected-goals gap of 1.27 to 1.15.
Kevin Viveros scored both goals for Atletico Paranaense and was rated 8.2, the highest mark of any player on the pitch.
Despite managing just eight shots to Santos's 22, Atletico Paranaense converted two of their four shots on target into goals.
Atletico Paranaense won 2–0 away against Santos (half-time 0–2).
Santos met Atletico Paranaense in the Brasileirão Série A (Regular Season - 22). Kick-off was Sunday, 9 August 2026, 21:30 UTC at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein. Attendance: 7,026.
Team pages: Santos · Atletico Paranaense · Brasileirão Série A
Key moments
- 14' Goal: Kevin Viveros — 0–1 · Watch Kevin Viveros's goal video (14')
- 26' Goal: Kevin Viveros (assist: João Cruz) — 0–2 · Watch Kevin Viveros's goal video (26')
Starting line-ups
Santos (4-2-2-2)
Atletico Paranaense (3-4-2-1)
- 1 Mycael
- 4 Arthur Dias
- 33 Juan Aguirre
- 29 Gastón Benavídez
- 7 Stiven Mendoza
- 14 Luiz Gustavo (c)
- 16 Jádson
- 12 Gilberto
- 8 João Cruz
- 21 Leozinho
- 9 Kevin Viveros
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Santos 40%, the draw 34%, Atletico Paranaense 26%. It finished Santos 0–2 Atletico Paranaense.
Home ground outweighs Atletico Paranaense's rating edge — Atletico Paranaense are the stronger side on our strength rating, but Santos' control of the ball plus Brasileirão Série A home advantage give Santos the lean. The draw at 34% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Santos at 40%?
Home ground, against the rating. Atletico Paranaense sit 65 points higher on our strength rating — 1621 to 1686. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 32.9% of 10,494 such games. Santos hold 8 more possession points (55 to 47 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 48.0% of 5,156 games, vs 44.0% when styles were level. Brasileirão Série A home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (27.0% vs 24.9% norm) and away wins (24.8% vs 30.2%). Brasileirão Série A homes won 48.2% of 4,388 games vs 44.9% across all 98,904 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 40%?
Because Atletico Paranaense are the stronger side on our strength rating. Atletico Paranaense sit -0.60 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 32.4% of 1,296 games, vs 28.9% for visitors finishing normally.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Atletico Paranaense win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 2.2 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,059. The goals environment adds 4.0 points to the draw. Brasileirão Série A runs draw-heavy, adding 2.1 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Santos are missing 2 regular starters — Igor Vinicius, Neymar — about 28% of their usual starting-XI weight. Our measured receipt covers one-sided absences only, and the picture here isn't one-sided — both squads are short. Atletico Paranaense are missing their first-choice keeper — Santos — about 17% of their usual starting-XI weight. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Santos vs Atletico Paranaense final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Brasileirão Série A fixture.
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