Corinthians vs Santos — Brazilian Serie A result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

Brazilian Serie A·Sunday, 30 August 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 11.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Corinthians

51%

top pick

Draw

28%

Santos

21%

result

Final score

0–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Santos win 20.6% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Corinthians win. Expected goals 1.48–0.95 against 0–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals44%1 scored
Both teams score49%no
Corinthians clean sheet39%no
Santos clean sheet21%yes
Corinthians score 2+44%no
Santos score 2+24%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.4467
1X2 Brier score0.9723
Probability on the result20.6%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–0 (13.9%), 1–1 (13.3%), 2–1 (11.0%). It finished 0–1.

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Corinthians

28 JanHvs Bahia1–2L
12 FebHvs Bragantino2–0W
19 FebAvs Athletico-PR1–0W
25 FebAvs Cruzeiro1–1D
12 MarHvs Coritiba0–2L

Santos

28 JanAvs Chapecoense-SC2–4L
4 FebHvs Sao Paulo1–1D
12 FebAvs Athletico-PR1–2L
26 FebHvs Vasco2–1W
11 MarAvs Mirassol2–2D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatCorinthians
(Home · 15 matches)
Santos
(Away · 14 matches)
BTTS rate40.0%78.6%
Over 2.5 rate40.0%78.6%
Clean sheet40.0%21.4%
Avg goals2.073.29

Home stats use Corinthians's home record; away stats use Santos's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.