São Paulo face crucial run to shape their season | OneFootball

São Paulo will have little time to digest the 2-0 defeat to Grêmio before returning to the field for a decisive clash. This Sunday, the Tricolor faces Mirassol at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at the José Maria de Campos Maia Stadium, for the 29th round of the Brazilian Championship.

With ten games to go until the end of the competition, the São Paulo team sits in eighth place with 38 points, and needs a late surge to secure the coveted spot in the 2026 Libertadores. The top four qualify directly, while fifth and sixth enter the Libertadores playoffs.

The moment, however, is not favorable. São Paulo has only one win and four losses in its last five matches. In addition, Hernán Crespo is dealing with a long list of injury absences, practically an entire team sidelined: Wendell, Enzo Díaz, Cédric Soares, Juan Dinenno, Calleri, Ryan Francisco, André Silva, Luan, Oscar, Leandro, and Rafael Toloi.

The schedule doesn’t help either. After Mirassol, the next fixtures are against opponents who have already beaten the Tricolor in this Brasileirão: Bahia (home), Vasco (away), and Flamengo (home).

Given this scenario, Hernán Crespo’s men see qualification for the Libertadores as a chance to save the season. So far, São Paulo has piled up disappointments: elimination to Palmeiras in the Paulistão semifinal, an early exit to Athletico-PR — currently in Serie B — in the Copa do Brasil round of 16, and a quarterfinal elimination in the Libertadores to LDU without even finding the net.

Check out São Paulo’s last ten matches in the Brazilian Championship:

10/19 – Mirassol vs São Paulo 10/25 – São Paulo vs Bahia 11/02 – Vasco vs São Paulo 11/05 – São Paulo vs Flamengo 11/08 – São Paulo vs Bragantino 11/19 – Corinthians vs São Paulo 11/23 – São Paulo vs Juventude 11/30 – Fluminense vs São Paulo 12/03 – São Paulo vs Internacional 12/07 – Vitória vs São Paulo

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