São Paulo v Athletico-PR: watch, line-ups, time, tickets, prediction | OneFootball

Finally, after a long break from playing due to the World Cup pause, São Paulo return to the pitch this Wednesday (22) against Athletico-PR at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) in the 19th round of the Brazilian Championship.

The match, which closes out the first half of the Brasileirão season, is officially a home game for Tricolor, but it will be played away from Morumbi, which has been made available for concerts by singer Harry Styles. As a result, Dorival Júnior’s team will face the club from Paraná at Cícero de Souza Marques stadium in Bragança Paulista (SP), which still has tickets available for purchase.

The match marking São Paulo’s return to action will have live coverage on TV Globo, GE TV, and the subscription channel Premiere.

In the Brasileirão, Tricolor have been slipping down the table. The team have not won in five rounds and sit only in 8th place with 25 points. Athletico are 5th with 30 points and come into the match on the back of two straight wins in the competition.

São Paulo were one of the few clubs that did not play friendlies during this mid-season break, opting instead to hold only training matches at their Barra Funda training center against teams from the state. The final tally was three wins, over Primavera, Santo André, and Ferroviária, plus three draws against Juventus, Bull Bragantino, and Grêmio Mauaense.

The club received a major scare this Tuesday (21) when it was punished with a FIFA transfer ban for failing to pay the first installment related to the permanent signing of midfielder Marcos Antônio from Lazio of Italy, leaving it temporarily unable to register new players.

However, they managed to register Victor Sá and Aurélio Buta with the CBF in time, and both have already appeared in the BID. Newton had already been registered and is available to be included in the squad by Dorival for the first time.

A likely São Paulo lineup against Athletico-PR is Rafael; Lucas Ramón, Arboleda, Rafael Tolói and Wendell (Enzo Díaz); Bobadilla (Pablo Maia), Marcos Antônio, Artur and Ferreirinha; Luciano and Calleri.

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