São Paulo back at home after over a month away | OneFootball

São Paulo returns to play as the home team this Thursday, after more than a month without playing in front of their fans. The Tricolor hosts Chapecoense for the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship, at 8 PM (Brasília time), at the Canindé stadium.

The last match São Paulo played as the home team was on February 11. On that occasion, the team hosted Grêmio at Morumbi and won 2-0, with goals from Calleri and Lucas, in a match valid for the third round of the Brasileirão.

Since then, the team has only played away from home, both in the Paulista Championship and the Brazilian Championship. During this period, São Paulo played four matches away, with three wins and one loss.

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The most recent result was a 2-1 defeat to Palmeiras in the Paulista semifinal, which led to Tricolor's elimination. From a penalty, Calleri scored the team's only goal in the match, while Maurício and Flaco López scored for Verdão to secure the qualification.

Before that, in the Brazilian Championship, Tricolor defeated Coritiba 1-0 at Couto Pereira, with a goal from Cauly. In the quarterfinals of the Paulista Championship, São Paulo visited Bragantino at the Cícero de Souza Marques stadium and advanced with a 2-1 victory, with goals from Bobadilla and Lucas.

The sequence of away games began in the last round of the first phase of the Paulista Championship, when São Paulo defeated Ponte Preta 2-1 at the Moisés Lucarelli stadium in Campinas.

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