SANTOS. Santos bested Coritiba to win 2-1. It was Santos to strike first with an early goal of Matheus Bianqui at the 4′. Then it was a penalty in the 11′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Marcos Leonardo gave the win to Santos in the 73′ minute with a goal. Santos was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos on Thursday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Wagner do Nascimento Magalhaes with the assistance of Nailton Oliveira and Thiago Henrique Neto Correa Farinha. The 4th official was Thiago Luis Scarascati. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Santos was in firm control of the ball 64% while Coritiba was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Santos was putting more pressure with 80 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Santos won the match​.

Santos shot 24 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Coritiba shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Santos received 2 yellow cards (Julio Furch and Joaquim). On the opposite side, Coritiba received 4 yellow cards (Robson, Fransérgio, Matheus Bianqui and Willian Farias).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Santos will play away with Athletico PR on the 28th of November with a 21-11 head to head in favor of Santos (7 draws).

Coritiba will play away agasint Bragantino on the 28th of November with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Coritiba (3 draws).

Santos – Formation

Santos started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Marcelo Fernandes decided to play with the following team: João Paulo (6.8), Joaquim (8.5), João Basso (6.6), Dodô (6.3), Lucas Braga (6.7), Tomás Rincón (6.8), Jean Lucas (8.2), Kevyson (6.8), Lucas Lima (8.1), Yeferson Soteldo (7.5) and Marcos Leonardo (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Nonato, Julio Furch (7.0), João Lucas (6.4), Rodrigo Fernández (6.6), Maximiliano Silvera (6.4), Dodi, Stiven Mendoza, Messias, Camacho, Weslley Patati, Diógenes and Júnior Caiçara.

Substitutions

Santos made 5 changes: Kevyson for Julio Furch (46′), Marcos Leonardo for Rodrigo Fernández (90′), Lucas Braga for João Lucas (90′), Lucas Lima for Maximiliano Silvera (75′) and Yeferson Soteldo for Stiven Mendoza (90′).

Best player: Joaquim​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos was Joaquim.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 55 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Coritiba – Formation

Coritiba started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Thiago Kosloski played with: Gabriel Vasconcelos (7.5), Natanael (6.3), Jean Pedroso (7.0), Henrique (6.8), Victor Luís (6.8), Willian Farias (5.3), Robson (7.0), Matheus Bianqui (6.6), S. Gómez (6.4), M. Moreno (6.3) and Islam Slimani (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hayner (6.7), Reynaldo (7.0), Bruno Gomes (6.3), Andrey, Jesé Rodríguez, Thalisson, Fransérgio (6.6), Andreas Samaris, Luan Polli, Garcez (6.7), Jamerson and Edu.

Substitutions

Coritiba made 5 changes: Robson for Reynaldo (46′), Islam Slimani for Bruno Gomes (46′), M. Moreno for Fransérgio (69′), Natanael for Hayner (79′) and Matheus Bianqui for Garcez (69′).

Best player: Gabriel Vasconcelos​

The most impressive player for Coritiba was the goalkeeper: Gabriel Vasconcelos. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Santos – Coritiba – 2-1