While Santos have certainly not been great this season, they have looked solid on their home patch and have proven a difficult side to break down, maintaining three clean sheets in their five home matches.
Corinthians have the firepower in their ranks and should register at least a goal in this one, but we do not think that it will be enough to secure them their first away points of the campaign.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Santos win with a probability of 54.6%. A draw had a probability of 26.3% and a win for Corinthians had a probability of 19.06%.
The most likely scoreline for a Santos win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.71%) and 2-1 (8.88%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.93%), while for a Corinthians win it was 0-1 (8.02%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 3% likelihood.