Week 3 brings us a match on Apr 23rd where Corinthians and Palmeiras will play a match in São Paulo in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams in the ever popular Barueri derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Palmeiras sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Goiás. Pedro Raúl scored the first goal for Goiás in the 58th minute, then Rony tied it up for Palmeiras in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Palmeiras at least a draw. Palmeiras looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Corinthians recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Avaí. Róger Guedes struck first for Corinthians in the 9th minute, then Róger Guedes added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Piton Crivellaro At the end of 90 a dissapointed Avaí couldn’t manage to score, and Corinthians took the shutout win. Corinthians is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Corinthians won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Róger Guedes has been the most effective weapon for Corinthians lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. Palmeiras hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Gabriel Veron Fonseca de Souza and Pedro Bicalho, and they each have 1 goal.