Corinthians U20s extend away defensive run in Paulista, but blank again | OneFootball

Corinthians visited São Bento on the afternoon of last Friday (4) at Estádio Municipal Walter Ribeiro, in Sorocaba, for their 12th match/14th round of the first phase of the 2026 Paulista U-20 Championship, and ended up with a 0-0 draw. The result caused the Terrão Boys to lose the lead in Group 1 to Santos. Both teams have 29 points — nine wins, two draws, and one loss — but the team from Baixada Santista has the edge on goal difference (25 to 22).

Despite the slip-up, Corinthians’ U-20 side reached an impressive defensive mark away from home in the state championship: Timãozinho has not conceded in any of its six matches. In the tournament opener, they beat Mirassol 1-0. In the sixth round, they defeated Portuguesa 2-0. Then they got past União Suzano and Jabaquara, in the ninth and 12th rounds, by 1-0 and 2-0 respectively. Finally, they drew 0-0 with Santos away from home.

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This is the club’s best away mark in the competition since the 2020 and 2021 seasons. On that occasion, Timãozinho beat União Mogi 5-0, drew 0-0 with Taubaté and São José, defeated Portuguesa 1-0, and then had another goalless draw with Juventus. These last two matches took place in 2021.

Timãozinho fails to find the net after scoring in eight straight matches

The draw with São Bento meant Corinthians’ U-20 side finished a game without scoring for the first time since July 8. On that occasion, Alvinegro was beaten 1-0 by Palmeiras at Fazendinha in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Brazilian championship in the category. After that, the team scored 22 goals in eight matches (an average of 2.75 goals per game).

Since that Derby, Corinthians have scored in wins against Portuguesa (A – 2-0), Ponte Preta (H – 7-1), Itapirense (H – 4-0), União Suzano (A – 1-0), Ferroviária (H – 4-0), Jabaquara (A – 2-0), and in losses against Palmeiras (A – 3-1) and Ferroviária (H – 1-2). In this run, the only match that was not part of the state championship was the one against Alviverde.

Next match

With only the Paulista Championship left on its schedule until the end of this year, Corinthians remain focused on the state competition. Next Saturday (12), at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), Timãozinho will host América-SP at Estádio Alfredo Schürig, Fazendinha, in the final round of the first phase of the competition.

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