Corinthians slump after the World Cup, points return just above 40% | OneFootball

Throughout the night of last Sunday (6), Corinthians faced Chapecoense at Neo Química Arena in a match valid for the 26th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship and lost 2-1 after coming from ahead. With the result, Timão dropped to 11th place with 32 points — eight wins, eight draws, and 10 losses — with 27 goals scored and 27 conceded.

In addition to matching a negative streak from 2007 and extending its poor run at home in Itaquera in the national competition, Corinthians’ bad spell highlights a drop in the team’s performances after the break for the World Cup, which took place between June 1 and July 23. Since returning to action, the Alvinegro has recorded four wins, three draws, and five losses in official matches, which represents a 41.5% success rate.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians

Before the break for the world’s biggest international tournament, under Fernando Diniz, who was hired at the end of the first week of April, Timão had nine wins, four draws, and three losses, with 20 goals scored and 14 conceded — a 65% success rate. Overall, since the departure of Dorival Júnior four months ago, there have been 13 wins, eight draws, and eight losses — a 54% points success rate.

The club from Parque São Jorge went into the World Cup break sitting seventh in the Brazilian Championship, close to the G5 — the qualification zone for the 2027 Copa Libertadores qualifying rounds — and had also reached the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil and the Conmebol Libertadores. After the break, however, Alvinegro was eliminated by Internacional in the national knockout competition after losing 3-2 on aggregate.

Meanwhile, in the Libertadores, despite the recent inconsistency, Corinthians managed to qualify for the quarterfinals by eliminating Rosario Central-ARG, beating the opponent 1-0 on aggregate — 0-0 in the first leg (Argentina) and 1-0 in the second leg (Neo Química Arena). In the Brasileirão, meanwhile, the club from Parque São Jorge has, in the second half of the season, only one win, two draws, and four losses — six goals scored and eight conceded, causing the team to slip back into the lower part of the table — seven points above the relegation zone and 11 behind fifth-placed Bahia (43).

Corinthians will return to the pitch this Wednesday (9) at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) to visit Argentina’s Estudiantes at Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium, known as UNO, for the first leg of the Conmebol Libertadores quarterfinals. The second leg will be on the 16th, one week later, at the same time, at Neo Química Arena. Between the two matches, Alvinegro will also visit Flamengo next Sunday (13) at 4 p.m. at the Maracanã for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship.

Corinthians after the World Cup break:

*4 wins, 3 draws, and 5 losses — 13 goals scored and 10 conceded

1) Corinthians 3 x 0 Remo — 19th round, Brasileirão 20262) Bahia 1 x 1 Corinthians — 20th round, Brasileirão 20263) Corinthians 0 x 0 Athletico-PR — 21st round, Brasileirão 20264) Internacional 2 x 0 Corinthians — Copa do Brasil 20265) Corinthians 2 x 1 Internacional — Copa do Brasil 20266) Red Bull Bragantino 0 x 2 Corinthians — 22nd round, Brasileirão 20267) Rosario Central-ARG 0 x 0 Corinthians — Conmebol Libertadores 20268) Corinthians 1 x 2 Cruzeiro — 23rd round, Brasileirão 20269) Corinthians 1 x 0 Rosario Central-ARG — Conmebol Libertadores 202610) Coritiba 2 x 1 Corinthians — 24th round, Brasileirão 202611) Corinthians 0 x 1 Santos FC — 25th round, Brasileirão 202612) Corinthians 1 x 2 Chapecoense — 26th round, Brasileirão 2026

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