Overview

• Vasco da Gama routed Santos 6-0 at home, with Philippe Coutinho netting twice after Lucas Piton’s opener, and further goals from David Correa De Fonseca, Rayan and Danilo Neves.
• Santos dismissed head coach Cléber Xavier within hours of the defeat; he had been appointed in April.
• Home supporters protested by turning their backs at full-time, and Neymar was consoled on the pitch by staff and Vasco coach Fernando Diniz.
• The result leaves Santos 15th on 21 points after 19 matches, only two clear of the relegation places, while Vasco moved out of the drop zone.
• Neymar received his third yellow card of the season and will be suspended for the next match away to Bahia on August 24.