Palmeiras lose twice in a row in 2025, first-half woes return | OneFootball

Palmeiras suffered a painful defeat to Santos this Saturday (14th), losing 1-0 in a rescheduled match of the Brazilian Championship. This was the second time that Abel Ferreira’s team suffered two consecutive defeats in the 2025 season—they had already lost to Mirassol last Sunday (9th)—and also the second time they have suffered back-to-back losses in the Brasileirão.

The last time Verdão lost two games in a row was in October, with a 3-2 defeat to Flamengo in the Brasileirão and a 3-0 loss to LDU in the first leg of the Libertadores. At that time, the team hadn’t experienced such a bad streak since July 2024, when they lost three consecutive matches to Fluminense, Vitória, and Flamengo, all in that year’s Brazilian Championship.

But, despite this being the second time in 2025 with two straight defeats, it was not the first time Abel Ferreira’s team lost two in a row in the Brasileirão this year. In the first round, in May, they went through the same sequence after being defeated by Flamengo and Cruzeiro—however, in between those matches, they beat Sporting Cristal in the Libertadores.

This season, Verdão has accumulated 13 defeats. There have been seven losses in the Brasileirão (Flamengo (2x), Bahia (2x), Cruzeiro, Mirassol, and Santos), two in the Copa do Brasil (Corinthians), two in the Paulista Championship (Novorizontino and Corinthians), one in the Libertadores (LDU), and another in the Club World Cup (Chelsea) this season.

With this setback, Verdão loses the lead in the Brasileirão with five rounds left to play. The team has 68 points, compared to Flamengo’s 71, who also won on Saturday, beating Sport 5-1 in another rescheduled match.

With five rounds remaining in the Brazilian Championship, the Palmeiras team returns to the field next Wednesday (19th) against Vitória at Allianz Parque, at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time), in an early match of the 37th round. Flamengo, meanwhile, faces Fluminense at 7:30 p.m.

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