Corinthians under 40% since return from World Cup break | OneFootball

The defeat to Fluminense on Sunday afternoon (20) at Neo Química Arena extended Corinthians’ poor run in the Brazilian Championship and added to the bad numbers Fernando Diniz’s team has posted since the return from the World Cup. Timão left the pitch with a 3-1 loss, with Corinthians’ goal scored by Gustavo Henrique.

Considering the 16 matches played since then, Timão has four wins, four draws, and eight losses. During that stretch, the team scored 15 goals and conceded 18, ending with a negative goal difference of three. The points tally also stands out: from the 48 possible points in those 16 matches, Corinthians earned 16, equivalent to a 33.3% success rate.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Agência Corinthians

The Brazilian Championship snapshot is even more worrying. Of the ten matches played between rounds 19 and 28, Corinthians won only twice, drew twice, and lost six times. The wins came against Remo and Red Bull Bragantino. After that, the team piled up defeats to Cruzeiro, Coritiba, Santos, Chapecoense, Flamengo, and most recently, Fluminense.

Across those ten rounds, there were 9 goals scored and 13 conceded, with 8 points won out of a possible 30, which represents a 26.7% success rate. This performance even saw Timão match the second-longest losing streak in its history in the Brazilian Championship, equaling the six-game run from 2006.

The poor spell has brought the team closer to the Brasileirão relegation zone, leaving it just three points above the first team inside the bottom four, Grêmio, with 29. Even so, after the setback against Fluminense, football executive Marcelo Paz gave a brief statement in the Neo Química Arena press room to guarantee Fernando Diniz’s stay in charge and emphasize the club’s backing of the coach.

The defeat kept Corinthians in 14th place, with 32 points after 28 rounds. The result also marked Timão’s fourth consecutive home defeat at Neo Química Arena. The team will now have a break due to the FIFA international window before returning to action in the Brasileirão. The next match will be against Internacional at Beira-Rio in the 29th round of the competition.

Check out Corinthians’ numbers since the return from the World Cup:

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