Palmeiras vs Santos – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 28/01/2024

Palmeiras and Santos face each other at the Allianz Parque stadium, in the city of São Paulo, in the 3rd round of the group stage of the Campeonato Paulista. The duel will be played on the night of this Sunday, January 28, 2024, starting at 6 pm.

Palmeiras

The Palmeiras team arrives for this match with the status of big favorites even though it is a classic with a lot of rivalry that usually sees very balanced duels between them.

However, the current phase of the team led by Abel Ferreira is significantly better than that of its opponent, considering that Verdão further isolated itself as the biggest national champiom after winning last year’s Brasileirão title, while Santos suffered its unprecedented relegation to the second division in the same year.

Furthermore, Palmeiras is also the current champion of São Paulo after overcoming Água Santa in the 2023 grand final and remains undefeated in the current edition, where they debuted with a 1-1 draw against Novorizontino and beat Inter de Limeira 3-2 in the next match.

In their 5 most recent matches they recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and no defeats. During this period they beat América-MG, Fluminense and Inter de Limeira, in addition to drawing with Novorizontino and also with Cruzeiro.

At the moment, Verdão leads Group B of the Campeonato Paulista with 4 points achieved so far, one above Água Santa, which appears in second place.

Playing as home team, at the Allianz Parque stadium, the Palmeiras team recorded a recent campaign with 7 wins, no draws and 3 defeats in the last 10 matches played.

Santos

On the other side is Santos, who in turn is looking to rehabilitate themselves after relegation to Series B, something unprecedented in their history, but started the campaign at Paulistão in the best possible way.

This is because their reinforcements hired for the new season debuted with good performances and the team also achieved important victories to maintain 100% success by beating Botafogo-SP and Ponte Preta by 1-0 and 3-1, respectively.

In the last 5 games played by the Santos team, there were 3 wins, no draws and only 2 defeats. During this period they beat Botafogo-SP, Oeste and also Ponte Preta, in addition to losing to Fortaleza and also to Athletico-PR.

Currently, the club is in first place in Group A of Paulistão, with 6 points achieved so far, three above Portuguesa, which appears in second place.

In the last 10 times they played as visitors, the Santos team recorded a campaign with 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Conclusion:

Despite Santos’ good start to the season, the club is still rebuilding after the big shock with relegation to Series B, has lost important pieces and is going through a completely different moment from Palmeiras, the current São Paulo and Brazilian champions, who will still have the factor house in their favor this Sunday, so the recommended bet will be on the Palmeiras victory.