São Paulo seek to end five-year Maracanã jinx against Fluminense | OneFootball

São Paulo visits Fluminense this Thursday at 8:30 PM (Brasília time), for the 36th round of the Brazilian Championship. The match takes place at Maracanã, where the São Paulo team tries to break a nearly five-year-long taboo without victories over the Rio team as visitors.

The last time São Paulo defeated Fluminense away was on December 26, 2020, in the Brasileirão. At that time, the team led by Fernando Diniz triumphed 2-1, with two goals from Brenner, while Fred scored for the Rio team.

Since then, the clubs have faced each other four times at Maracanã, all in Serie A, and the Rio team has won every time. In the most recent match, in 2024, Flu won 2-0, with goals from Kauã Elias and Keno.

The home performance also reinforces the favoritism of the Rio team. Fluminense is the sixth-best home team in the Brasileirão, with 13 wins, one draw, and only three losses in 17 games. Additionally, they have seven consecutive victories at Maracanã and haven't lost in the championship for four rounds.

São Paulo, on the other hand, doesn't have fond memories of their last visit to the stadium. On July 12, in the 13th round, they were defeated by Flamengo 2-0.

Even so, they try to rely on the good performance in the first round, when they defeated Fluminense 3-1 at Morumbi.

São Paulo's Situation in the Brasileirão

With the victory over Juventude by 2-1, São Paulo returned to winning after three rounds and continues to keep an eye on the G7 of the Brazilian Championship. The team occupies the eighth place in the table, with 48 points, seven behind Fluminense, who is in seventh place.

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