Week 22 brings us a match on Aug 13th where Corinthians plays host to Palmeiras in a clash of the Serie A in the anticipated São Paulo, São Paulo derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Corinthians is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Avaí. Guilherme Bissoli scored the first goal for Avaí in the 36th minute on a penalty kick, then Fabián Balbuena got the equalizer for Corinthians in the 77th minute on a feed from Renato Augusto squeezing out at least the one point for Corinthians. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Corinthians should be reasonably happy with their performance, while palmeiras is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Goiás. Mayke Rocha de Oliveira struck first for Palmeiras in the 19th minute on a feed from Dudu, then Raphael Veiga added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot In the end, Goiás was frustrated by Palmeiras’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Palmeiras ended the match with the shutout victory. Palmeiras looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
On Apr 23rd, Palmeiras hosted Corinthians in their last match together. Palmeiras was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Gustavo Gómez scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 14th minute, then Rony added another in the 19th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Corinthians couldn’t manage to score, and Palmeiras took the shutout win.
Fonseca de Souza and Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa are the top scorers for Palmeiras in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Fábio Santos has been the most prolific scorer on Corinthians in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.