Match Report
Goiás went into the game 6th in the table on 63 points; Santos sat 1st on 68 — a 5-point gap. Recent form flatters Goiás's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 6th. Scoring rates set the scale: Goiás 1.47 scored and 0.84 conceded per game, Santos 1.5 and 0.84, with the league averaging 1.09.
Santos had not lost in 8 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Goiás against 13/15 for Santos.
17 meetings are on record — 5 won by Goiás, 10 by Santos, 2 drawn, at 3.76 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 59%. Goals have dried up lately: 2.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.76 across the full history.
The venue was Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro in Goiânia, with room for 50,049 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Goiás led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Goiás: Rildo (10'), Rildo (14'), Welliton (62') · Santos: Giuliano (41')