SãO PAULO. Palmeiras conquers Santos 1-0 after M. Merentiel scored just 1 goal (77′).
Palmeiras remained with 10 players after Danilo received a red card in the 60′. Notwithstanding, Palmeiras still found a way to win this match playing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Palmeiras was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Santos that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Palmeiras was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Palmeiras won the match.
Palmeiras shot 20 times, 3 on target, 17 off target. On the opposite side, Santos shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Palmeiras received 5 yellow cards (Ze Rafael, Gabriel Menino, G. Gomez, A. Ferreira and A. Ferreira). Regarding the opposition, Santos received 4 yellow cards (V. Zanocelo, Marcos Leonardo, Y. Soteldo and Camacho).
(Palmeiras) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (60′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Palmeiras will have 57 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Santos will stay with 34 points like Botafogo, Bragantino and São Paulo to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Palmeiras will play away against Internacional on the 12th of November with a 14-14 head to head.
Santos will host Fortaleza on the 12th of November with a 2-2 head to head stats.
Palmeiras – Formation
Palmeiras started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira decided to play with the following team: Weverton
, Marcos Rocha , Gustavo Gómez , Murilo , Joaquín Piquerez , Danilo , Zé Rafael , Gustavo Scarpa , Bruno Tabata , Dudu and Rony .The home team had on the bench: Rafael Navarro, Endrick, Vanderlan, Eduard Atuesta
, Breno Lopes, Miguel Merentiel , José López, Gabriel Menino , Luan , Mayke , Marcelo Lomba and Wesley.Substitutions
Palmeiras made 5 changes: Marcos Rocha for Mayke (59′), Tabata for M. Merentiel (59′), Gustavo Scarpa for Gabriel Menino (67′), Rony for E. Atuesta (80′) and Dudu for Luan (80′).
Best player: Gustavo Scarpa
The most impressive player for Palmeiras was Gustavo Scarpa even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses.Santos – Formation
Santos started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Luiz Carlos Cirne Lima de Lorenzi played with: João Paulo
, Madson , Maicon , Eduardo Bauermann , Felipe Jonatan , Lucas Barbosa , Guilherme Camacho , Vinicius Zanocelo , Lucas Braga , Marcos Leonardo and Yeferson Soteldo .The following players were sitting on the bench: Carlos Sánchez
, Ed Carlos, Luan, Luiz Felipe, Gabriel Carabajal, Rwan , Jhojan Julio, Lucas Pires, John, Ângelo , Nathan and Vinicius Balieiro.Substitutions
Santos made 3 changes: V. Zanocelo for Carlos Sanchez (67′), Lucas Braga for Angelo Gabriel (67′) and Lucas Barbosa for Rwan (82′).
Best player: Yeferson Soteldo
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos was Yeferson Soteldo.
His rating is
with 39 passes (71% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- América Mineiro – Corinthians – 1-0
- Athletico PR – Cuiabá – 2-2
- Juventude – Fortaleza – 1-1
- Palmeiras – Santos – 1-0
- Ceará – São Paulo – 0-2
- Flamengo – Fluminense – 1-2
- Bragantino – Goiás – 1-1