São Paulo face worst Paulistão run in 87 years, relegation looms | OneFootball

São Paulo’s current form is far from good. And fans’ memories also have to stretch far back to find another campaign as poor as this one in the Paulista Championship.

No wonder. This is São Paulo’s third worst campaign after five games in the Paulista Championship, ahead of only those in 1936 (five losses) and 1939 (one win and four losses).

In other words, it’s been 87 years since the Morumbi club had such a negative start in the State Championship.

Even in the other four editions when Tricolor earned four points (1960, 1981, and 1985), the campaign was better, because victories were worth two points, so in those cases, it was one win, two draws, and two losses.

In its last 22 matches, São Paulo has achieved only 31.7% of the points contested.

Throughout its entire history, Tricolor has only had lower rates on four occasions: 1936, 1960, 1961, and 2013, with only the last one matching the current combination of at most six wins and at least 13 losses.

The negative record came in 2013, when the team managed to win only 23.8% of the points between June 12 and September 8, a period in which it achieved just three victories—something that only happened in one other similar stretch in the club’s history (1961).

The negative streaks don’t stop there.

With two wins, three draws, and 11 losses, São Paulo has earned only 18.8% of the points in its last 16 away matches, matching the run between April 23 and October 18, 2017.

Even though some home and away data is unreliable before the 1980s, it’s safe to say that there has never been another sequence as bad or worse in the club’s history.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.