Santos vs. Palmeiras today: Brazilian league, Oct. 28

Santos hosts Palmeiras at Vila Belmiro on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Brasília time (UTC-3), the marquee match of the day's five games in the Brasileirão, Brazil's top soccer league. Palmeiras sits second with 69 points from 32 games, one point behind leader Flamengo, while Santos is eighth with 46, according to ESPN's standings as of this morning. RaisLife also has a page for the match.

Tuesday's results (Oct. 27)

In Brazil's second division, Série B, Goiás beat Ceará 2-0 at Arena Castelão, according to ESPN. Kadu scored both goals, in the second and fifth minutes of second-half stoppage time. Goiás moved to 52 points and ninth place. Ceará, on 43 points, is 16th, six points above Avaí, the first team in the relegation zone.

In Italy, Lazio routed Sassuolo 6-2. Kenneth Taylor opened the scoring in the second minute, Gustav Isaksen followed in the 13th and Romano Floriani scored in the 16th. Mattia Zaccagni added the fourth in first-half stoppage time, and Tijjani Noslin scored twice, in the 55th and 65th minutes. Sassuolo's two goals were an own goal in the 7th minute and one from Sebastiano Esposito in the 43rd.

The same day, Roma beat Cagliari 4-2 at home. Cagliari took the lead on a penalty through M'Bala Nzola in the 10th minute, but Emanuele Lulli equalized in the 15th and Niccolò Pisilli put Roma in front in the 21st. Daniel Maldini tied it at 2-2 in the 81st, but Rodrigo Mora (85th) and Donyell Malen (87th) sealed the 4-2 win. Como rallied for a 3-1 win at Torino. Ché Adams gave Torino the lead in the 24th minute, then Como answered late with goals from Jacobo Ramón (81st), Nico Paz (87th) and Martin Baturina in stoppage time.

In Argentina, Argentinos Juniors beat Independiente Rivadavia 1-0 at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, with a goal from Sebastián Prieto in the 67th minute.

Today's games (Wednesday, Oct. 28, Brasília time)

In the Brasileirão, three games kick off at 7:30 p.m.: Fluminense vs. Internacional at the Maracanã, Red Bull Bragantino vs. Chapecoense, and Santos vs. Palmeiras. At 9:30 p.m., Bahia hosts São Paulo at Arena Fonte Nova, and Remo faces Botafogo at the Mangueirão. The round continues on Thursday, Oct. 29, with Atlético-MG vs. Cruzeiro at 7:30 p.m., Vasco vs. Flamengo at 8 p.m. and Grêmio vs. Athletico-PR at 9:30 p.m.

In Italy's Serie A, Venezia vs. Internazionale, Parma vs. Udinese and Milan vs. Bologna are set for 2:30 p.m., followed by Monza vs. Napoli and Genoa vs. Juventus at 4:45 p.m. RaisLife's soccer page has standings, the full schedule and results updated throughout the day.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, soccer scores, goals and standings
• ESPN Brasil, Brasileirão standings
• CBF, the Brazilian Football Confederation, which organizes the Brasileirão
• RaisLife Soccer, games and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.