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It’s historic and the numbers prove it: Corinthians are always stronger playing at home. However, in the current season, which already has a change of command of the team and matches without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic, the performance in Neo Química Arena is worrying.
After another draw playing at home, now against Atlético-GO, Corinthians has a 50% success rate in this Brazilian’s home games. Without the face-to-face support of the loyal fans, Timão accumulates two victories, three draws and one defeat while acting in their domains.
This is the team’s worst performance in the national championship since the Arena was built.
In 2018, the year Timão finished in 13th place, with 44 points earned, his performance as the main was essential to escape a possible relegation. That season, Corinthians won 61% at home.
Neo Química Arena empty against Corinthians x Atlético-GO – Photo: Marcos Ribolli
In the following table, it is possible to see the use of Corinthians in the Arena in matches of the Brazilian Championship. The smallest of them was precisely in 2018, when the team experienced a difficult situation in the national competition. In that edition, 35 of the 44 points won by Corinthians were won in the Arena.
Corinthians performance at the Brasileirão Arena
| Win | Ties | Defeats | Use | |
| 2020 (ongoing) | two | 3 | one | fifty% |
| 2019 (8th place) | 10 | 7 | two | 64% |
| 2018 (13th place) | 9 | 8 | two | 61% |
| 2017 (champion) | 12 | 5 | two | 71.9% |
| 2016 (7th place) | 10 | 6 | two | 66.6% |
| 2015 (champion) | fifteen | two | one | 87% |
| 2014 (4th place) | 9 | 5 | one | 71% |
In general figures, counting all the games of the last six seasons, 2020 also represents the lowest performance in Itaquera. Since 2015, the performance has been falling year after year.
Corinthians performance in the Arena
| Win | Ties | Defeats | Use | |
| 2020 (ongoing) | 7 | 6 | two | 60% |
| 2019 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 61% |
| 2018 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 62.8% |
| 2017 | twenty | eleven | 3 | 69% |
| 2016 | 24 | 8 | two | 78% |
| 2015 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 80% |
| 2014 | 12 | 5 | one | 76% |
Asked about his performance at home, coach Dyego Coelho, after last Wednesday’s draw, said:
– We have to analyze the situations well. Change takes time. We will continue working, giving confidence to the players, making a game that they are aggressive, that they have confidence to do it. In the second half we showed it, and we will continue working to improve and get our points – said Coelho.
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His predecessor as Corinthians coach, Tiago Nunes, had already mentioned, at a press conference, one of the main factors that influence Corinthians’ performance as the main one: the fans.
– Really people, having the fans they have, it is common knowledge that the fans of Corinthians transform the environment. It is greatly missed. The Corinthians fans turn an average team into a great team, maintaining the level of concentration of the athletes. I only saw two stadiums with this power, even in bad times, to continue supporting, which is here and in Bombonera, with Boca Juniors. It is a great fault. In several games, the Corinthians fans help, in the push, in the shout, to achieve the result they need – said Tiago Nunes, when he was still Timão coach.
The team’s next game will be as a visitor, on Saturday, against Bragantino. Corinthians return to Itaquera on Wednesday, when they have a classic against Santos.
