Santos will continue their struggle in the Brazilian Cup this week, where in the second round Santos got the advantage of playing at home to Estadio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho and entertaining America RN. Although the two teams played in a competition with a very different level, history recorded that they had met in 2007.
At the meeting when they were both playing in Brazil Serie A before finally America RN was relegated and the level dropped to only play in series D or 4th caste of Brazilian football. Obviously over a decade of their meeting the composition of the players they possessed has changed on all fronts and this could be said to be a new match for them.
America RN made it to the second round thanks to a 0-0 draw against Sobradinho, although they were lucky to qualify but in the last two years the Brazilian Cup has been defeated against Audax São Paulo and Atlético Tubarão. America RN’s journey in this event was very different compared to Santos, who last season advanced to the quarter-finals and history recorded Santos had won this event once.
Santos in the previous round won very easily, according to estimates despite acting as a guest team but they beat host Altos with a score of 1-7. As many as 6 players who scored in the match included C. Sanchez who bought 2 goals, in this home match it was clearly more likely to open opportunities for Santos to play more openly and most likely Santos would win easily again.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.25