Palmeiras beat Novorizontino to claim fifth Paulistão title since 2020 | OneFootball

Palmeiras are São Paulo state champions for the 27th time. On a rainy Sunday night in Novo Horizonte, Verdão lived up to expectations and beat Novorizontino 2-1 at the Doutor Jorge Ismael de Biasi stadium, securing their fifth state title since 2020. The club has reached the final in each of the last seven editions.

The Alviverde team had already won the first leg of the final 1-0 at Arena Barueri, with a goal from Flaco López. In the return match, the visitors took the lead early with Murilo, but conceded the equalizer in the first half after a mistake by Carlos Miguel that resulted in a goal from Matheus Bianqui. The title-winning goal came in the second half, courtesy of Vitor Roque.

With their 27th Paulistão title, Palmeiras have closed the gap to four behind Corinthians, who are the biggest state champions with 31 titles. Verdão are second on the list, followed by Santos and São Paulo, tied with 22 each.

The title also crowns Abel Ferreira as the coach with the most trophies won in charge of Alviverde. The Portuguese manager has now lifted 11 trophies, including his fourth Campeonato Paulista, surpassing Oswaldo Brandão, who had ten.

📋 Match Summary

🟡 NOVORIZONTINO 1 x 2 PALMEIRAS 🟢

🏆 Competition: Campeonato Paulista (second leg of the final) 🏟️ Venue: Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi, Novo Horizonte (SP) 📅 Date: March 8, 2026 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 8:30 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards: Flaco López, Gustavo Gómez and Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras); Rômulo and Alvariño (Novorizontino) 🟥 Red Cards: None

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Goals:

🟡 Novorizontino

Jordi; Alvariño (Alemão), Dantas, Patrick and Mayk; Léo Naldi, Luís Oyama (Juninho), Matheus Bianqui (Nicolas Careca), Vinícius Paiva (Tavinho) and Rômulo (Ortiz); Robson. Coach: Enderson Moreira

🟢 Palmeiras

Carlos Miguel; Khellven, Gustavo Gómez, Murilo and Piquerez; Marlon Freitas, Andreas Pereira (Lucas Evangelista), Jhon Arias (Allan) and Mauricio (Felipe Anderson); Flaco López (Emiliano Martínez) and Vitor Roque (Sosa). Coach: Abel Ferreira

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How was the match?

On a pitch soaked by heavy rain in Novo Horizonte, Palmeiras bet on aerial plays and opened the scoring early. In the fifth minute, Andreas Pereira took a free kick into the box and found Marlon Freitas, who hit the post. Murilo picked up the rebound and sent it into the back of the net with his thigh.

Novorizontino leveled the score in the 24th minute. After a cross from Vinicius Paiva, Carlos Miguel crouched to collect the ball but ended up dropping it at the feet of Matheus Bianqui, who took advantage of the goalkeeper's mistake to tie the game and fire up the match.

In the 41st minute, Verdão almost scored a second. Andreas Pereira took a corner to the near post for Marlon Freitas, who rose above the Tigre defense and headed powerfully downwards. Jordi reacted quickly and made a fine save to deny the Palmeiras goal.

Second half

Vitor Roque brought Palmeiras closer to the title 17 minutes into the second half. Carlos Miguel launched a long ball to Flaco López, who flicked it on with his head into the box. Goalkeeper Jordi came out poorly, collided with Jhon Arias, and left the ball at the feet of number 9, who simply tapped it into the empty net to put Verdão back in front.

Novorizontino tried to push forward to reduce the deficit, but couldn't find the goal. In the 46th minute, Sosa even scored a third for the visitors, but the goal was ruled out for offside. The team simply managed the score in the final moments and celebrated the title at the final whistle.

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