Santos 2-1 Vasco da Gama: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 26 February 2026
Result
Santos 2-1 Vasco da Gama
Serie A · Thursday 26 February 2026, 22:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Santos 2-1 Vasco da Gama: match report
Santos beat Vasco da Gama 2-1 in Serie A on Thursday 26 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Santos's goals came from Neymar (25') and Neymar (61'). Vasco da Gama scored through Cauan Barros (43').
Discipline: Santos received 2 yellow cards; Vasco da Gama received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Santos were 20th on 1 point from 3 and Vasco da Gama 19th on 1 point from 3. Santos went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Vasco da Gama 15th with 38.
Santos lined up in a 4-4-2 and Vasco da Gama in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neymar of Santos (8.7), ahead of Cauan Barros (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Santos wins, 0 draws and 2 for Vasco da Gama.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Neymar
- 29'Yellow card · Thiago Mendes
- 29'Yellow card · Neymar
- 43'Goal · Cauan Barros
- 61'Goal · Neymar
- 84'Yellow card · Gabriel Brazão
Head-to-head
Team news
Santos line-up (4-4-2)
Gabriel Brazão, Igor Vinícius, Adonis Frías, Luan Peres, Vinicius Lira, Miguelito, Willian Arão, Gabriel Bontempo, Moisés, Thaciano, Neymar
Vasco da Gama line-up (4-2-3-1)
Léo Jardim, Paulo Henrique, Alan Saldivia, Robert Renan, Lucas Piton, Cauan Barros, Thiago Mendes, Nuno Moreira, Johan Rojas, Andrés Gómez, Claudio Spinelli