On Saturday Apr 23rd, in week 3, Bragantino will host São Paulo in a clash of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Bragantino, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Atlético GO. Ytalo Jose Oliveira dos Santos struck first for Bragantino in the 19th minute on a feed from Jadson, then N. Bernardo de Souza added another in the 26th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético GO couldn’t manage to score, and Bragantino took the shutout win. Bragantino is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed São Paulo is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Flamengo. Gabriel Barbosa Almeida struck first for Flamengo in the 25th minute on a feed from Vinicius Marques, then Jonathan Calleri tied it up for São Paulo in the 41st minute on a feed from Rafinha. São Paulo is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Bragantino won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
São Paulo is fortunate enough to have Jonathan Calleri in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Artur has been the most effective weapon for Bragantino lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches.