Corinthians seek to stop losing run in Brasileirão, avoid 20-year low | OneFootball

Corinthians takes the field against Fluminense this Sunday (20) with more than just three points at stake in the 28th round of the Brazilian Championship. Amid an attempt to climb the table, Fernando Diniz’s team is also trying to prevent its current losing streak from reaching a mark the club has not recorded in the competition for two decades.

Timão has lost its last five Brasileirão matches. If it is defeated again, this time in front of its fans at Neo Química Arena, it will reach a sixth straight loss and match the negative streak recorded in 2006.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Corinthians Agency

The current run began on August 16. On that occasion, Corinthians hosted Cruzeiro and lost 2-1. A week later, it visited Coritiba at Couto Pereira and suffered another defeat by the same score.

The streak continued in Itaquera. First, Santos won the derby 1-0. In the following round, Chapecoense left Neo Química Arena with a 2-1 victory. The fifth consecutive negative result came last Sunday (13), when Flamengo beat Timão 2-1 at the Maracanã.

During that stretch, Corinthians scored four goals and conceded nine, without taking any of the 15 points it contested in the Brazilian Championship.

A similar streak happened in 2006

It is necessary to go back 20 years to find a longer run of consecutive Corinthians defeats in the Brasileirão. Between May and July 2006, Alvinegro lost six straight matches in the competition. The streak began on May 25, with a 1-0 defeat to Internacional. Three days later, Santos beat Corinthians 2-0.

After that, Timão suffered two defeats at home, against Goiás by 1-0 and Flamengo by 2-0. After the break in the schedule, the club was also beaten by Cruzeiro, 2-0, and Palmeiras, 1-0, completing six consecutive matches without earning a point.

Throughout that entire streak, Corinthians did not score a single goal and conceded nine. Now, 20 years later, a defeat to Fluminense would make Fernando Diniz’s team once again reach six straight losses in the Brazilian Championship.

Check out the current Brasileirão streak

The 2006 run reached six defeats

The moment is also worrying at Neo Química Arena

In addition to the specific streak in the Brazilian Championship, Corinthians is trying to recover its strength at home. The team has lost its three most recent matches at Neo Química Arena in all competitions.

The run began against Santos in the Brasileirão and continued against Chapecoense. Last Wednesday (16), Timão also lost in Itaquera to Estudiantes-ARG, 1-0, a result that sealed its elimination in the Libertadores quarterfinals. Thus, another defeat this Sunday would give Corinthians four consecutive losses at Neo Química Arena.

Corinthians tries to move away from the bottom of the table

The run of five defeats has also had a direct impact on Alvinegro’s position in the standings. Corinthians begins the round in 14th place, with 32 points.

Grêmio, which currently opens the relegation zone, has 29 points after already playing its match in this round. As a result, the gap to the bottom four is three points at the moment.

It is in this scenario that Corinthians hosts Fluminense at 4 p.m. Brasília time this Sunday. A victory would not only end the run of five Brasileirão defeats, but also prevent the club from repeating the negative streak recorded in 2006 and give the team breathing room in the final stretch of the championship.

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