Santos moved top of the Campeonato Paulista with a 3-0 victory over Mirassol on Wednesday.Striker Maikon Leite opened the scoring in the 27th minute to give the hosts at Estadio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho the advantage at the break.
Midfielder Ze Eduardo maintained his perfect record of scoring in both of Santos’ Paulista matches so far this campaign when he struck two minutes after the break, before netting a second in the 75th minute.
Elsewhere, Mogi Mirim’s Ricardinho scored both goals in his side’s 2-0 dispatching of Ponte Preta.
Portuguesa brought up their maiden victory of the Paulista campaign with a 1-0 triumph over Oeste at Estadio Dr. Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte.
Santo Andre and Linense played out a 1-1 draw, while Americana beat Sao Caetano away from home 1-0 at the Estadio Municipal Anacleto Campanella.
Bragantino and Corinthians exchanged first-half goals before finishing 1-1 and Sao Paolo crushed Sao Bernando 3-0 to go level on points with leaders Santos after two games.
Dagoberto, Marlos and Fernandinho were the scorers for Sao Paolo in their victory.