Corinthians do the maths to avoid relegation, see the numbers | OneFootball

The 3-1 defeat to Fluminense last Sunday, the 20th, at Neo Química Arena, marked the sixth straight loss for coach Fernando Diniz’s team in the Brazilian Championship. As a result, Corinthians will spend the entire FIFA international break in 14th place with 32 points. Even outside the relegation zone, the club’s current situation calls for attention.

After all, Corinthians are only 3 points ahead of Grêmio, who open the Z4 with 29 points. Fernando Diniz was heavily criticized by the fans and was even considered sacked for a few minutes. However, the squad asked for the coach to stay, and the board granted their request.

With the board’s vote of confidence and the fans’ support, Fernando Diniz will have to lead a major turnaround to avoid relegation to the second division after the 38 rounds of the Brazilian Championship. The survival cutoff remains 45 points.

Corinthians need 4 wins and 1 draw

At the moment, Timão have 32 points and eight wins. In other words, to reach the safety mark, they need 13 more points. That means that in 10 matches, the team need four wins and one draw. This way, the team would pick up points in 50% of the matches.

It is also important to note that four wins are half of everything Corinthians have achieved so far in 28 matches. In other words, Corinthians win one match every 3.5 games. To stay up, Fernando Diniz’s team will have to reduce the gap between wins to one positive result every 2.5 games.

Direct clash with Internacional

The situation, in terms of points, is not desperate. But the team need to start winning to move away from the danger. Corinthians will not play again until October 7, after the FIFA international break. The detail is that the team will have a direct clash against Internacional at Beira-Rio.

Colorado are in 18th place with 28 points. The team from Rio Grande do Sul sacked Paulo Pezzolano last Sunday. The team are in such a difficult situation that not even a win against Corinthians would take them out of the relegation zone. Corinthians, meanwhile, if they lose, would have only remote chances of entering the Z4, but could still remain outside the zone by fine margins.

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