São Paulo become the kingmakers in the relegation battle in the Brasileirão | OneFootball

São Paulo has become the “balance keeper” in the fight against relegation in this final stretch of the Brasileirão. In the last four rounds of the competition, Tricolor faces three matches against teams battling to avoid dropping to Série B and can have a significant influence on what happens in this separate championship.

The first match against one of the teams trying to escape the relegation zone is this Sunday, when São Paulo hosts Juventude at Vila Belmiro, in Santos, at 4 p.m. (Brasília time).

The team from Caxias do Sul is currently second-to-last in the Brasileirão but comes into the match after three games without defeat, with two wins and a draw against Cruzeiro, with whom they played an exciting match in the last round.

São Paulo will also face Internacional at Morumbis on December 3, at 8 p.m. (Brasília time), in the penultimate round of the Brazilian Championship. Colorado is currently in 15th place, with 40 points, four more than Vitória, the first team in the relegation zone (Z4).

São Paulo's last match of the season is precisely against Vitória, on December 7, at 4 p.m. (Brasília time), at Barradão. The Bahia side is in 17th place, with 36 points, one less than Santos, the first team outside the relegation zone.

Even though these teams are theoretically weaker, as they are fighting against relegation, the teams facing São Paulo promise to make things difficult for Hernán Crespo’s squad, as they will treat each match as a true final in order to secure their place in Série A.

Adding to this is the fact that Crespo will not have 12 players available due to physical problems: Rafael Toloi (hip injury), Lucas (pain in the right knee), Calleri (transition after surgery on the left knee), Oscar (vasovagal syncope), André Silva (ligament injuries in the right knee), Luan (injury to the right adductor muscle), Ryan Francisco (ligament injury in the left knee), Dinenno (arthroscopy on the right knee), Wendell (partial rupture of the plantar fascia in the left foot), Enzo Díaz (herniorrhaphy to repair a left inguinal hernia), Arboleda (injury to the back of the left thigh), and Rodriguinho (respiratory condition).

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