Crespo’s São Paulo equal 25-year derby record with defeat | OneFootball

A seesaw. That's how this second stint of Hernán Crespo at the helm of São Paulo can be defined.

We're not just referring to the on-field performance, which is excessively irregular, but also highlighting a somewhat bizarre condition of the current team: that of breaking disparate historical records, both positive and negative.

And the classic match against Palmeiras on Sunday (5) adds to yet another list of marks from the Argentine commander and the current squad.

All in all, São Paulo has already suffered three or more goals at Morumbi 114 times in history, with thirteen victories, 17 draws, and 84 losses.

This hadn't happened since June, when the team lost to Vasco by 3 to 1, but the last time it lost at home after taking a two-goal lead was in February 2000, in a 5 to 2 defeat to Flamengo, for the Rio-São Paulo Tournament.

Moreover, counting the result against the green rival, the Tricolor lost five of its last six games, a sequence that hadn't occurred since the eight consecutive losses in 2013.

The only other similar series occurred in 1936 (six losses), 1937 (one win and six losses), 1941 (one win and five losses), 1951 (one draw and five losses), 1953 (five losses), 1964 (one draw and six losses), 1969 (one win and five losses), 1992 (five losses), 1998 (twice, both with five losses) and 2002 (one win and six losses).

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