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Santos vs Athletico-PR Prediction & Betting tips
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2020 is only young for two match days. For the reigning runner-up and eight-time national champion Santos FC, however, a troubled season is already inevitable after a draw and a defeat. Meanwhile, things have been going like clockwork for Athletico Paranaense so far. The fifth of the preseason greets after two wins to kick off from first place.
It is precisely that championship lead that has to be defended away in the port city in Sao Paulo. In the run-up to the game between Santos and Athletico-PR, the odds of the bookmakers turn slightly towards the home side, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
A quite remarkable assessment, especially since Santos against Athletico-PR should include in the balance sheet that Paranaense could not only win the last duel with Santos so far. The Brazilian cup winner of the year 2019 only lost six of the 19 away games in Série A in the past season – the third-best value of all 20 top division clubs.
Against this background, it makes perfect sense to tip Santos against Athletico-PR on the away win of Paranaense.
Santos:
Santos FC, the club that produced players like Pelé, Neymar and Zé Roberto, has already won the Brazilian championship eight times. In the preseason, however, the Alvinegro (in German: the black and white) was once again only the runner-up.
All the greater is the longing for another title in the port city of Sao Paulo, where the 2011 Copa Libertadores was the last notable title to be celebrated nine years ago. The last national championship was 16 years ago.
A big plus point is certainly the fact that the team that won the runner-up in the previous season was essentially retained. With the exception of Rodrygo, who was transferred to Real Madrid in summer 2019, there were no significant departures.
But on the plus side there are no significant additions either. In fact, in the run-up to the season opener at Alvinegro, all transfer activities were limited to loan transactions. Some loan players returned to Santos. Others were passed on to others or re-awarded.
Basically there is a lot of quality in the squad of the runner-up, who is now being trained again by club legend Cuca after Jesualdo Ferreira was kicked out. The 1-1 draw against Bragantino was followed by a 2-0 defeat at Sport Club Internacional during the week.
In view of this bumpy start, it is surprising that at Santos against Athletico-PR the odds still turn towards the Peixe. One reason for this can of course be seen in the home strength of the reigning runner-up. In the previous season, 14 of the 19 games in the Estádio Urbano Caldeira were finally won.
Athletico PR:
For Club Athletico Paranaense, the bottom line was that last season was extremely successful. In Série A, the footballers known as Rubro-Negro because of their red-black colors landed in fifth place and thus successfully qualified for the Copa Libertadores.
In addition, there was the strong appearance in the Copa do Brasil, the national cup competition of Brazil, where Athletico-PR prevailed 3-1 in the final against Internacional after a two-way leg and crowned the cup winner for the first time in the club’s history.
Successes that aroused desire. Success coach Tiago Nunes was poached by league rivals Corinthians. Bruno Guimarães went to Olympique Lyon for € 20 million and Robson Bambu to Nice for € 8 million, while Léo Pereira joined the reigning national champion Flamengo.
Departures that were not really compensated, which is why the flawless start of the Rubro-Negro is a bit surprising. Paranaense finally greets after six points from the first two league games of the new season from the top of the table of the Série A.
The squad, which is now being coached by Dorival Júnior, who was in charge of Santos FC between 2015 and 2017, would like to keep their championship lead on matchday three. The above-mentioned away record of only six defeats in foreign places in the preseason is encouraging.
Santos vs Athletico-PR head to head matches
04.12.19 SA Athletico-PR Santos 1 : 0
08.09.19 SA Santos Athletico-PR 1 : 1
30.09.18 SA Santos Athletico-PR 1 : 0
01.06.18 SA Athletico-PR Santos 2 : 0
24.09.17 SA Santos Athletico-PR 1 : 0
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| Prediction: | Both teams to score / YES |
| Selection odds: | 1,83 |
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