On Sunday Sep 11th, São Paulo hosts Corinthians at Estádio Cícero Pompeu De Toledo in a Serie A match in the ever popular São Paulo derby. São Paulo sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Cuiabá. Deyverson scored the first goal for Cuiabá in the 7th minute on a penalty, but Luiz Gustavo Oliveira da Silva got the equalizer for São Paulo in the 80th minute on a penalty earning São Paulo at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while corinthians sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Internacional. Alexandre scored the first goal for Internacional in the 1st minute, then Fabián Balbuena tied it up for Corinthians in the 13th minute . With 17 points in their last 10 matches Corinthians should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Arena Corinthians, Corinthians and São Paulo battled to a 1-1 draw. Jonathan Calleri struck first for São Paulo in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Alisson, but Ferreira Soares got the equalizer for Corinthians in the 80th minute earning them at least the one point.
Corinthians is fortunate enough to have Yuri Alberto in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Luciano has been the most prolific scorer on São Paulo in his last five matches with 2 goals.