Corinthians chase longest winning run since late 2024 | OneFootball

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Newsroom

Corinthians travel to Estádio Municipal José Maria de Campos Maia, Maião, on Sunday night (3) at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time) to face Mirassol in a match valid for the 14th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. At the moment, the Corinthians side sits only 14th in the national competition with 15 points — three wins, six draws, and four defeats — with nine goals scored and 11 conceded.

In this match, the club from Parque São Jorge will seek its longest winning streak since the final stretch of 2024, when the Corinthians team, then managed by Ramón Díaz, won its last seven matches of that year, all in the Brazilian Championship. Since then, Timão has managed, at most, three consecutive victories — a period spanning Ramón Díaz, Dorival Júnior, and now Fernando Diniz.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians

It is worth noting that, in the 2024 Brasileirão, Corinthians won their last nine games. However, between the first two consecutive wins, against Athletico-PR (H – 5 x 2) and Cuiabá (A – 0 x 1), Alvinegro drew 0-0 with Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil semifinals and were beaten by Racing-ARG by an aggregate score of 4 x 3 in the Sul-Americana semifinals. Currently, under new management, Timão are coming off three straight victories. Diniz, in fact, has five wins and two draws in seven matches, with eight goals scored and none conceded — matching the club’s longest shutout streak in history.

On the 21st, at Ressacada, they beat Barra, from Santa Catarina, 1 x 0 in the first leg of the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil. Then, last Sunday, they defeated Vasco da Gama in Itaquera by the same score in a match for the 13th round of the Brazilian Championship. Finally, last Thursday (30), they beat Peñarol, from Uruguay, 2 x 0 at home in the third round of the Conmebol Libertadores group stage.

In the 2024 run, Corinthians won consecutively against: Palmeiras (H – 2 x 0), Vitória (A – 1 x 2), Cruzeiro (H – 2 x 1), Vasco da Gama (H – 3 x 1), Criciúma (A – 2 x 4), Bahia (H – 3 x 0), and Grêmio (A – 0 x 3). On that occasion, Timão left the relegation zone and finished the tournament in seventh place with 56 points, securing a spot in the preliminary stage of the 2025 Libertadores. A win against Mirassol this Sunday could put Timão in the top half of the table, that is, among the top ten, depending on other results.

Corinthians seek longest winning streak since the final stretch of 2024:

2024 1) Corinthians 2 x 0 Palmeiras – 11/04/2024 – 32nd round Brasileirão 2) Vitória 1 x 2 Corinthians – 11/09/2024 – 33rd round Brasileirão 3) Corinthians 2 x 1 Cruzeiro – 11/20/2024 – 34th round Brasileirão 4) Corinthians 3 x 1 Vasco da Gama – 11/24/2024 – 35th round Brasileirão 5) Criciúma 2 x 4 Corinthians – 11/30/2024 – 36th round Brasileirão 6) Corinthians 3 x 0 Bahia – 12/03/2024 – 37th round Brasileirão 7) Grêmio 0 x 3 Corinthians – 12/08/2024 – 38th round Brasileirão

2026 1) Barra-SC 0 x 1 Corinthians – 04/21/2026 – First leg, fifth round, Copa do Brasil 2) Corinthians 1 x 0 Vasco – 04/26/2026 – 13th round Brasileirão 3) Corinthians 2 x 0 Peñarol-URU – 04/30/2026 – 3rd round, Libertadores group stage

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