Santos and Guarani will face each other on the night of this Sunday, February 4, 2024, starting at 6 pm, in a game valid for the 5th round of the group stage of the Campeonato Paulista. The duel will be played at the Vila Belmiro stadium, in the city of Santos.
Santos
Amid a commendable campaign at the beginning of the season, the Santos team had a very busy week after challenges away from home against the two finalists of the last edition of the Campeonato Paulista and now returns to Vila Belmiro aiming to do well to get even closer to the classification.
In the last round, Peixe entered the field under pressure after a 2-1 defeat to Palmeiras in the previous round, but managed to show their strength by defeating Água Santa, in Diadema, by the minimum score of 1-0.
In the last 5 times they entered the field officially, they recorded 4 wins, no draws and only 1 defeat. During this period they beat Botafogo-SP, Oeste, Ponte Preta and also Água Santa, in addition to losing to Palmeiras.
Currently, the Santos team leads the leaderboard of Group A of the Campeonato Paulista, with 9 points achieved so far, six above Portuguesa, which appears in second place at the moment.
Playing as home team, at the Vila Belmiro stadium, the Santos team recorded a recent campaign with 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats in the last 10 matches played.
Guarani
On the other side is the Guarani team, which in turn, won only one of the four matches officially played this season and is coming off a defeat at home in the middle of the week.
On that occasion, Bugre had the advantage of playing at the Brinco de Ouro stadium, in Campinas, when hosting Mirassol, but was unable to avoid defeat by the score of 3-2 in a very busy match between the parties.
Before that, however, they had already defeated Ituano 3-0 in a crushing way to achieve their only victory so far.
Only 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats were recorded in the last 5 official matches played by the club, beating Ituano and drawing with São Bernardo, in addition to losing to Mirassol, Corinthians and also Atlético-GO.
At the moment, the club is in third place in the classification table of Group B of the Campeonato Paulista, with 4 points achieved so far, having only one less than Ponte Preta, which opens the access zone to the next phase.
Acting as a visitor, the Guarani team recorded a recent campaign with only 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats in the last 10 matches played.
Conclusion:
As much as Guarani is able to impose difficulties on Santos, Alvinegro Praiano has greater technical quality in its squad and has also been reaping good results at the start of the state championship, proving to be much more reliable than its opponent and has everything to confirm all the superiority that is pointed out to them on the field.