Corinthians Women hit stride in run-in, set new streak this season | OneFootball

Corinthians reached the final of the Brazilian Women’s Championship while enjoying their best run of results in the 2026 season. The 1-0 win over Bahia last Monday (21) at Neo Química Arena extended the Brabas’ winning streak to five straight victories, the team’s longest run of the year.

Besides setting the new mark, the result confirmed qualification for a tenth consecutive Brasileirão Feminino final. Jhonson scored the match’s only goal in the first half, and Corinthians closed out the semifinal with a 2-0 aggregate score after also winning the first leg 1-0.

Photo: ©Rodrigo Gazzanel / Ag. Corinthians

The positive run began even before the national knockout stage and includes matches in two different competitions. Since the end of August, the team coached by Emily Lima has won one match in the Paulista Championship and four more in the Brasileirão.

The streak began with a rout in the Paulista Championship

The first result in the streak came on August 26. In the state competition, Corinthians hosted Taubaté and won 6-2. Five days later, attention turned to the Brazilian Championship. In the first leg of the quarterfinals, the Brabas visited Cruzeiro at Arena Independência and claimed a 1-0 victory, taking the advantage into the return leg.

Qualification was confirmed on September 7 at Canindé. Corinthians beat the Minas Gerais side again, this time 3-1, and advanced with a 4-1 aggregate score.

In the semifinal, things were more balanced, but the positive results continued. Against Bahia, the Brabas won both matches by the narrowest of margins. First, they made it 1-0 at Arena Fonte Nova. Then they repeated the score at Neo Química Arena and sealed their place in the final. Over the course of the five straight wins, Corinthians scored 12 goals and conceded three, while also keeping three clean sheets.

Mark surpasses streak recorded between April and May

Until qualification against Bahia, the Brabas’ longest winning run in 2026 had come between April and May, when they recorded four straight victories.

That streak began in the United States, with an 8-0 win over Club América of Mexico in the third-place match of the Teal Rising Cup.

Back in Brazil, Corinthians kept the momentum going against three opponents in the national championship. The Brabas beat Juventude 1-0, Ferroviária 3-1, and Grêmio 2-0. The current streak therefore surpassed that mark with the second win over Bahia.

Corinthians had not won five straight since 2025

To find another streak of five consecutive wins by the Brabas, it is necessary to go back to August 2025, when the team was still coached by Lucas Piccinato.

On that occasion, Corinthians started the run by beating Bahia 2-1. They then defeated Ferroviária 2-0, beat Bahia again, once more by 2-0, thrashed Realidade Jovem 3-0, and completed the streak with a 2-0 win over São Paulo. The results were split between the Brazilian Championship and the Paulista Women’s Championship.

See the five results in the current streak

08/26: Corinthians 6-2 Taubaté, Paulista Women’s Championship08/31: Cruzeiro 0-1 Corinthians, Brazilian Women’s Championship09/07: Corinthians 3-1 Cruzeiro, Brazilian Women’s Championship09/15: Bahia 0-1 Corinthians, Brazilian Women’s Championship09/21: Corinthians 1-0 Bahia, Brazilian Women’s Championship

The streak also means Corinthians head into the national title showdown having won all four of their knockout-stage matches. There were two wins over Cruzeiro and two more over Bahia.

Majestoso could extend the streak

The next challenge will be a final. Corinthians and São Paulo begin the battle for the Brasileirão Feminino title this Saturday (26), at 4:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Neo Química Arena.

The second Majestoso is scheduled for October 3, also at 4:30 p.m., at Morumbis. São Paulo will host the decisive match because they had the better campaign in the competition.

The Brabas are seeking the eighth Brazilian title in their history and their seventh in a row. In addition to the chance to take the lead in the final, a win in the first Majestoso would give Corinthians a sixth straight victory, extending the team’s longest winning streak of 2026.

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