Brasileirão round 25: derbies, top-four clash, split focus | OneFootball

The return of the Brasileirão keeps moving forward more and more.

And the next three days will feature the 25th round of the competition.

The eight teams still alive in the Copa do Brasil are putting the knockout tournament "to one side."

And a good number of them are fighting relegation in the league.

Round 25 will have two derbies, a clash between teams in the G-4, and more.

Check below for a summary of what’s coming up and a reminder of how the table stands.

29/8 - Saturday

6:30 pm - (9th) Atlético 🆚 Vitória (12th) - Arena MRV

The first clash between teams that had been focused on the Copa do Brasil.

There has been progress in Eduardo Domínguez’s work in charge of Galo.

It’s now ten matches unbeaten across all competitions.

The current objective is to slip up less at home.

Vitória, meanwhile, is not going through a great spell. The poor performance in the Ba-Vi was followed by a defeat despite playing much of the match with an extra man.

And there is a mission in Belo Horizonte: to get their first league win away from Barradão.

They have picked up only four points away from home.

8 pm - (13th) São Paulo 🆚 Red Bull Bragantino (7th) - MorumBIS

The pressure on Dorival Jr. is there and keeps growing. Tricolor is on a run of ten matches without a win in the Brasileirão.

Massa Bruta’s goal is to put together a strong run after ending a poor spell in the league and move even closer to the G-4.

9:20 pm - (19th) Vasco 🆚 Cruzeiro (5th) - São Januário

A clash between teams temporarily putting the Copa do Brasil "to one side."

Cruz-Maltino simply has to win to avoid getting into even deeper trouble.

They have a game in hand, but it is already eight matches without a positive result in the competition.

And playing at SJ is an advantage, since they have earned 17 of their 22 points at the Caldeirão.

Raposa, meanwhile, has earned fewer points away from Mineirão only than Palmeiras and Flamengo.

30/8 - Sunday

11 am - (3rd) Athletico 🆚 Fluminense (4th) - Arena da Baixada

Furacão is the team with the second-most points at home (27). Only Fluminense themselves (30) are ahead.

The mission will be to beat a direct rival that has fallen short away from home.

Tricolor has won only 11 points on the road. It is the worst record among the top ten teams in the league.

4 pm - Flamengo 🆚 Botafogo - Maracanã

Even though they still have a game in hand, Rubro-Negro cannot afford another slip-up.

And to succeed, they need to get back to better home form. They have won only two of their most recent matches.

Glorioso, meanwhile, is going through a period of arrivals and departures.

They still have interim coach Rodrigo Bellão and are trying to end a run of three rounds without a win.

4 pm - (10th) Corinthians 🆚 Santos (14th) - Neo Química Arena

It will be an emotional derby in Itaquera.

Timão lost its last two league matches, dropping away from the G-5.

Santos, meanwhile, will be back at full strength after resting its stars in the Copa do Brasil.

The team is going through a tense battle against the Z-4.

6:30 pm - (17th) Mirassol 🆚 Palmeiras (1st) - Maião

Leão do Interior now has only the Brasileirão ahead of it.

And it is betting heavily on that situation to bounce back after three poor results.

Verdão, meanwhile, is looking to at least maintain a six-point lead over its main title rival in the Brasileirão.

Abel Ferreira may even have the luxury of fielding his strongest lineup after the 3-0 first-leg win in the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals.

6:30 pm - (15th) Grêmio 🆚 Chapecoense (20th) - Arena do Grêmio

Tricolor cannot accept any result other than victory.

And it will need to take the field with the best available lineup - even with the next Gre-Nal coming up.

Chape, meanwhile, is trying to keep its survival hopes alive after ending a run of 21 matches without a positive result.

The gap to the current 16th-placed team is 11 points.

19:30 pm - (6th) Bahia 🆚 Internacional (16th) - Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova

Tricolor ended its run of draws by beating its rival in the last round.

The focus is only one: to move firmly closer to the G-4.

But to do that, it needs to avoid another slip-up in front of its home fans.

Colorado, meanwhile, has dropped right next to the Z-4 thanks to a run of eight league matches without a win.

It simply has to win.

31/8 - Monday

8 pm - (18th) Remo 🆚 Coritiba (8th) - Mangueirão

The positive result against Vitória in the 20th round was not followed by more wins.

Remo wants to make use of the "home factor" again in an attempt to leave the Z-4.

Coxa, meanwhile, has responded in recent rounds - taking seven of the last nine points.

The focus is once again on moving closer to the group fighting for Libertadores places.

One of the team’s hopes lies in the fact that it has already won 16 points away from Couto Pereira.

BR Standings 📊

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