Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th August 2025

When Vasco da Gama come to Urbano Caldeira Stadium for the Serie A match this coming Sunday, Santos FC will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Santos FC approach round 20 as number 14 in the Serie A table with 21 points on their account so far. With 18 rounds behind them, Vasco da Gama have amassed 16 points, placing them as number 17 in the standings.

Santos FC are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Vasco da Gama and odds favour them to pull it off.

Santos FC are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Vasco da Gama managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded 15 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.5 goals an average per game.

Santos FC lost to 2-1 Vasco da Gama in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 4-1 win, which Santos FC dished out the match before that.

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Prediction

Santos FC Form

Santos FC recorded two wins and a draw in their last three matches. They started off drawing 2-2 with Sport Recife. Next up was a 3-1 win against Juventude, before Cruzeiro were defeated in 1-2 win. Santos FC claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Serie A. They also drew one and lost three, scored six goals and conceded six.

Vasco da Gama Form

Vasco da Gama have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Internacional, they got a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Mirassol, who ran out 3-2 winners. Lately, they managed to draw once again in a 1-1 game with Atletico MG. Vasco da Gama claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Serie A. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by ten goals to eight.

With Santos FC in relatively good shape these days, we aim for the home win, when they take on Vasco da Gama. The value lies with the former, with form a little too dubious for the visitors.

Santos FC won ten points from their last six encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won three, scored ten and let in eight goals. Vasco da Gama earned two wins and seven points from their past four matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Serie A table. They scored eight and allowed four goals against on their way. Santos FC claimed six wins, three draws as well as nine defeats in the Serie A this season. Vasco da Gama are looking at four wins, four draws and nine defeats in the Serie A.

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Squads

Santos FC Squad

The 61-year-old coach of the home team, Cleber Xavier, will select the lineup against Vasco da Gama from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season:

Diogenes (0/0), Gabriel Brazao (0/18), Gustavo Jundi (0/0), Joao Paulo (0/0), Aderlan (0/2), Diego Pituca (1/10), Dodo (0/0), Gil (0/8), Gonzalo Escobar (0/16), Igor Vinicius (0/7), Joao Ananias (0/0), Joao Basso (1/6), JP Chermont (0/5), Luisao (0/4), Mayke (0/5), Souza (0/9), Vinicius Lira (0/0), Ze Ivaldo (1/12), Alvaro Barreal (5/15), Gabriel Bontempo (1/16), Gustavo Henrique (0/0), Hyan (0/0), Joao Schmidt (0/13), Luan Peres (0/10), Mateus Xavier (0/0), Thaciano (1/11), Tomas Rincon (0/10), Willian Arao (0/0), Ze Rafael (0/10), Benjamin Rollheiser (0/17), Deivid Washington (1/15), Guilherme Augusto (3/13), Gustavo Caballero (1/3), Luca Meirelles (0/0), Neymar (3/10), Tiquinho Soares (1/14).

Vasco da Gama Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Vasco da Gama players that the manager Fernando Diniz will choose from for the upcoming game:

Daniel Fuzato (0/2), Leo Jardim (0/16), Pablo (0/0), Breno Vereza (0/0), Joao Victor (1/16), Jose Rodriguez (1/7), Leandrinho (0/0), Lucas Freitas (1/13), Lucas Oliveira (0/0), Lucas Piton (0/15), Luiz Gustavo Santos (0/5), Mauricio Lemos (0/4), Paulinho (0/0), Paulo Henrique (0/14), Riquelme (0/0), Thiago Mendes (0/0), Victor Luis (0/3), Adson (0/10), Alex Teixeira (0/9), David (0/5), Guilherme Estrella (0/0), Hugo Moura (0/16), Jair (0/8), Juan Sforza (0/2), Loide Augusto (0/10), Mateus Cocao (0/9), Paulinho (0/8), Philippe Coutinho (0/11), Benjamin Garre (0/9), Caua Paixao (0/0), GB (0/0), Jean Meneses (0/0), Nuno Moreira (3/17), Pablo Vegetti (10/16), Rayan (3/16), Tche Tche (0/14).

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Team News

Vasco da Gama seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Urbano Caldeira Stadium to face Santos FC.

David nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Vasco da Gama.

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Lineups

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama H2H

Santos FC were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Vasco da Gama, but did win the reverse match 4-1, though. Santos FC have been slightly more successful than Vasco da Gama in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Santos FC has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/1.

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Results

Of the last ten encounters between Santos FC Vasco da Gama over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Santos FC vs Vasco da Gama Betting Tips

Pablo Vegetti shows decent form right now for Vasco da Gama, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the Serie A. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Santos FC, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Neymar also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Serie A matches.

In their last 10 matches at Urbano Caldeira Stadium across all tournaments Santos FC won three times, drew three and lost four times. Vasco da Gama claimed one wins, three draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Santos FC on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Vasco da Gama''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Santos FC managed an average of 1.7 goals, with Vasco da Gama averaging 0.9 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Santos FC, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Vasco da Gama's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.