Santos hosts Chapecoense-SC in round 33 of Brazilian Serie A. The match will be played on Thursday, November 18th at Estadio Vila Belmiro (Santos)
Santos remains one of the most popular teams in Brazil. But if the Fish were among the medalists three times in 2016-2019 (although they didn't win the title), then there has been a serious decline since the last draw. At first, the club fell back to the 8th place. Now the Black-and-Whites are ranked 12th at all, and if they fall one line lower, they will not be able to play even in the Copa Sudamericana. Moreover, the distance to the relegation zone is not so large. However, Santos is not bad at the moment. The team scored ten points in the last five rounds of Brasileirao. And during this segment, the Fish conceded goals only from Palmeiras.
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Chapecoense-SC has not been able to fully recover from the resonant disaster. The club was eventually relegated to Serie B. Yes, in the last draw, it won that championship and came back from first place. But it quickly became clear that Big Green simply lacks resources to match the level of the elite division. And it seems that the changes of managers (Mozart, who used to play at Spartak Moscow, for example, had stayed at the post of head coach for only one month) made the results only worse. As a result, the return of Chapecoense to the 2nd division has already been formalized. It seemed that it even helped: in November, the outsider gained two consecutive draws against Cuiaba and Flamengo, and Cayo’s brace allowed to lead in the match against one of the leaders for some time. But in the last round, there was a negative result again: a 0-2 home defeat to Juventude.
Chapecoense had good segments in the history of head-to-head matches. For example, in 2017-2018, it managed not to lose three times in a row. But all the last three games ended with the victories of the Fish, including in August, when Sanchez scored the only goal from the penalty spot. Who else to beat, if not Chapecoense? We bet on a confident victory of Santos, which will be motivated by the tournament situation.
Prediction for the match: Santos to win with -1.0 handicap
