Santos vs Avai
Brazil- Serie A
Date: Sunday, 28 July 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Vila Belmiro (Sao Paulo).
Team News
Santos FC
Jobson, with a sprained ankle, is Santos's only injury concern for Sunday.
Lucas Verissimo was red carded against Botafogo last weekend and will undergo a match ban here. Victor Ferraz will take his place at right-back.
Marinho scored the winner last time and will push to start here.
Avai FC
Alex Silva and Getulio were sidelined with injuries.
Douglas can start as a lone striker if coach António Valentim decides to adopt a more defensive strategy here.
Marquinhos Silva and Ricardo Thalheimer will partner with Betão at center back.
Richard Franco played well last time and is expected to start in the middle of the park.
prediction
The hosts are unbeaten at home and have collected nine goals in the process, conceding just twice. In three of the last five home matches, Santos have not conceded a goal.
I hope Santos wins in the first round without much effort.
Santos vs Avai Head to head (h2h)
Both teams have met each other on twelve occasions.
Avai only registered two wins against Santos.
Their last meeting saw Avai hold a 1-1 draw.
Only one of their last two clashes has seen both teams fail to score.
Santos vs Avai betting tips
Half-time Full time: Santos-Santos @ 2.00 (1/1).
Santos won at nil @ 1.72 (8/11).