On Sunday Sep 4th, Cuiabá hosts São Paulo in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 34 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 17th placed Cuiabá is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Santos. Cuiabá had 22 on net, and Santos had 6, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Cuiabá is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed São Paulo, recorded a 0-1 loss against Fortaleza. Juninho Capixaba struck first for Fortaleza in the 32nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed São Paulo couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. São Paulo looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
In their last match together, São Paulo won by a score of 2 to 1. Jenison struck first for Cuiabá in the 33rd minute, then Jonathan Calleri tied it up for São Paulo in the 66th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 82nd minute on a goal by Nikão.
Both Luciano and Rodrigo Nestor Bertalia have been the hottest scorers for São Paulo in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. André and Rodriguinho are the top scorers for Cuiabá in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.