Luciano becomes São Paulo’s trump card amid poor results | OneFootball

Scorer of the first goal in São Paulo’s 2-1 victory over Flamengo this Wednesday, Luciano has become something of a lucky charm for the Tricolor. That’s because, out of the club’s last five wins—including matches at the end of 2025—four featured goals from the striker.

If we consider the matches in which the number 10 found the net, the club recorded one win, one draw, and eight losses in their last 15 games. In addition to his goals in victories, Luciano also scored in a 2-2 draw against Flamengo in November 2025.

The striker, in fact, has been a thorn in the side of the red-and-black team in recent encounters between the sides. He has three goals in the last four matches against the team from Rio, who have become Luciano’s biggest victims in his career, with eight goals scored in 23 meetings.

São Paulo will count on the striker this Saturday for the classic against Santos, in which the Tricolor seeks a win to move away from the relegation zone in the Paulistão and try to break into the competition’s top eight.

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