Santos chase fifth straight win at São Paulo
Santos sit 8th on 38 points after 4W, and a trip to São Paulo on Friday 2 October offers the next test.
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Santos have won 4 in a row. The run has lifted them to 8th in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with 38 points from 27 games, and the next chance to extend it comes away at São Paulo on Friday 2 October.
The sequence began after a draw, and the last five results read DWWWW. The most recent of those wins came on the road: 2-1 at Clube do Remo on Saturday 19 September, in matchday 28.
The numbers behind the streak are not those of a team running away with anything. Santos have scored 41 and conceded 40, a goal difference of +1. Ten wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats is the record of a side sitting comfortably in the middle of the table, not above it.
Home form explains part of it. 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in front of their own crowd, against 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses away.
So why the caution? Because the gap to the top is 60 points, held by Flamengo at 1 with a goal difference of +32. Palmeiras are second on 57. A four-game run does not close that.
Gabriel Barbosa leads the scoring for Santos with 11, well behind Kevin Viveros of Paranaense on 18 and Pedro of Flamengo on 16.
The fixture list is unforgiving. The league resumes on Friday 2 October, and Santos return to action in matchday 21.
Four wins is four wins. It is also, so far, only enough for 8th.