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Leader of the Brasileirão and without losing in 17 days, São Paulo will go to the classic against Corinthians this Sunday (13), at the Neo Química Arena, with their best chances of achieving their first victory in the new stadium of their rival, currently the eleventh place. In the competition. Since 2014, in 12 games, there have been 9 Corinthians wins and 3 draws, 25 goals from Alvinegro and 10 from tricolor.
For Brasileirão, this will be the seventh meeting between them in Itaquera. In the previous six, São Paulo finished in better position in the table twice, but never with such a difference. In 2014, São Paulo was in second place, but Corinthians was just behind, in fourth position in the 22nd round. In 2019, the tricolor was the third and the alvinegro the eighth, but still in the fifth round. In both, however, Corinthians gave.
With 50 points, 20 more than Corinthians, São Paulo goes to the classic with the 2nd best performance as the main in Brasileirão 2020 (61.1%), while alvinegro has his worst season as the main in the competition since the inauguration of the su stadium in 2014, with only 42.2% of use.
Another positive point in favor of São Paulo in this classic is the performance of its coach Fernando Diniz in the match. For São Paulo, in the last three games, they were two wins and a draw, all in Morumbi. When he commanded Osasco Audax, in 2016 and 2017, he lost twice to Corinthians in Itaquera in the first phase of Paulistão (both 1-0). However, in 2016 they achieved the feat of eliminating Corinthians in their stadium in the semifinals after a 2-2 draw and a victory on penalties (4 x 1).
It should be remembered that in this Brasileirão 2020, Fernando Diniz’s São Paulo already broke a taboo in the new Palmeiras stadium, with a 2-0 victory in the 1st round.
All the matches between Corinthians and São Paulo at Neo Química Arena:
09/21/2014 – Corinthians 3 x 2 São Paulo (Brasileirão)
2/18/2015 – Corinthians 2 x 0 São Paulo (Libertadores)
11/23/2015 – Corinthians 6 x 1 São Paulo (Brasileirão)
02/14/2016 – Corinthians 2 x 0 São Paulo (Paulistão)
7/17/2016 – Corinthians 1 x 1 São Paulo (Brasileirão)
4/23/2017 – Corinthians 1 x 1 São Paulo (Paulista)
6/11/2017 – Corinthians 3 x 2 São Paulo (Brasileirão)
3/28/2018 – Corinthians 1 x 0 São Paulo (Paulista)
10/11/2018 – Corinthians 1 x 1 São Paulo (Brasileirão)
2/17/2019 – Corinthians 2 x 1 São Paulo (Paulista)
4/21/2019 – Corinthians 2 x 1 São Paulo (Paulista)
05/26/2019 – Corinthians 1 x 0 São Paulo (Brasileirão)
Corinthians x São Paulo in Itaquera (2014-2020):
In the Brazilians, since they met for the first time in 1967, still with Robertão, Corinthians still have a great advantage over São Paulo. In 69 games, there were 26 victories against 17 of the tricolor and another 26 draws.
Corinthians x São Paulo in the history of Brasileirão (1959-2020):
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