Palmeiras put long unbeaten run on the line against São Paulo | OneFootball

Palmeiras and São Paulo face off this Saturday at 6:30 PM (Brasília time) at Arena Barueri, in a match valid for the fifth round of the Campeonato Paulista. The Choque-Rei classic comes with high expectations, especially due to the recent record heavily in favor of Verdão.

Palmeiras has not lost to São Paulo in nine games, a streak that boosts the green-and-white confidence on the eve of the duel. During this period, they have accumulated five wins and four draws, with the last defeat in July 2023, in the return match of the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals, which secured Tricolor a spot in the semifinals.

Heroic comeback and superiority in 2025

In the most recent encounter between the teams, Palmeiras defeated São Paulo 3 to 2, in a match decided in the final minutes. On that occasion, São Paulo took a 2-0 lead with goals from Luciano and Tapia in the first half. After the break, Vitor Roque started the visitors' comeback, Flaco López equalized, and Sosa scored the goal that secured the victory.

Besides this, Verdão won two other classics against Tricolor Paulista in 2025. One in the first round of the Campeonato Brasileiro and another valid for the Campeonato Paulista, both with a score of 1 to 0. The first time they faced each other last season, the match ended in a goalless draw. This was the only match in which Palmeiras did not defeat São Paulo last year.

In 2024, they also ended the year without losing, but with a regular record of three draws and one victory over Tricolor. One of those draws, however, in the Supercopa do Brasil, led to a penalty shootout where Palmeiras was defeated. In 2023, a 5-0 thrashing marked the beginning of this long unbeaten streak for the green-and-white team in the Choque-Rei.

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