Santos U-20 vs Remo U-20 – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 04/01/2024

Santos under-20 and Remo under-20 face each other on the night of this Thursday, January 4, 2024, starting at 7:45 pm, in a game valid for the 1st round of the group stage of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. The duel will be played at the Estádio Distrital do Inamar, in the city of Diadema, in São Paulo and will be broadcast on Cazé TV, on YouTube.

Santos

The year 2023 ended in the worst possible way for Santos fans, considering that the professional team suffered its first relegation to the second national division, but the club promises a year 2024 with better performances in all categories, the start with a big campaign in Copinha.

Used to revealing great players to professional football, Peixe is a three-time champion of the biggest youth tournament in the country and arrives motivated in search of a fourth championship, with its last title coming in 2014.

However, it is worth highlighting that Santos under-20 also came close in the last two editions, becoming semi-finalists in 2022 and 2023.

Led by coach Orlando Ribeiro, Alvinegro Praiano is part of Group 26 of the competition, which in addition to Remo under-20, its current opponent, also has Nova Venécia under-20 and Água Santa under-20.

Their last duel took place in October last year, for the Campeonato Paulista category, when they drew 1-1 with Red Bull Bragantino under-20.

In their 5 most recent clashes, they recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and only 1 defeat, beating Ferroviária under-20 and also São Bernardo under-20 twice, in addition to drawing with Red Bull Bragantino under-20 and losing for the Under-20 Railway.

Despite not playing in their city, the Santos team should have a wide advantage in the stands as they are a traditional club from São Paulo.

Remo

On the other side is Remo under-20, which represents football from Pará and arrives with the status of great underdogs in an attempt to take points from a strong candidate for the title, as is the case of their opponent.

In their most recent match, in December, Remo under-20 faced Juventude Barcarana under-20 and got the worst of it, losing by a score of 3-1, turning on the warning signal in the team that boasted a long winning streak until then.

There were 4 wins, no draws and only 1 defeat in the last 5 games officially played by the Remo under-20 team, which in this period showed its strength by defeating Cruzeirão under-20, Maracanã under-20, Craques do Futuro under-20 and also Cabanos under-20, in addition to losing to Juventude Barcarana under-20.

Conclusion:

Three-time champion of the Copinha and semi-finalist in the last two editions of the tournament, the work in Santos’ youth categories is always very well done and makes the team arrive with great prestige for this edition, bringing together total conditions to stand out without major difficulties against the Pará team, who face a long journey and do not have such impressive results in their youth categories.