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Santa Cruz depends only on itself to advance to the next stage in Série CCredits: Savyo Miguel / Santa Cruz

The final round of the first phase of Brazil’s Série C will feature all ten matches this Saturday (29), all kicking off at 5 p.m. Every game still has something at stake: from qualification for the second phase for the top eight teams to the battle against relegation.

So far, Brusque, Botafogo-PB, Paysandu, and Inter de Limeira have already secured places in the next phase. At the bottom of the table, Confiança has already been relegated to Série D in 2027.

Itabaiana, Barra, and Anápolis are fighting to avoid the drop. This year, only two teams will be relegated to the Fourth Division.

Volta Redonda and Ituano are the only teams with nothing left to play for in the final round of Série C: they can no longer finish in the top eight and are safe from the bottom two.

From 5th place (Santa Cruz) to 14th (Caxias), however, every team still has a chance of ending the phase in the top eight. Santa Cruz has 28 points, the same total as 6th-placed Ypiranga. Both are very close to securing their spots in the top eight.

Guarani is 7th and Ferroviária 8th, both with 27 points. Three other teams also have 27 points: Maranhão (9th), Maringá (10th), and Floresta (11th).

Amazonas, in 12th, and Figueirense, in 13th, each have 25 points and need a combination of results to break into the top eight. The situation for Caxias, with 24 points in 14th, is more complicated, though they still have slim chances of staying in the competition.

Check out the matches in the final round of the first phase of Série C — all on Saturday (29) at 5 p.m.:

Ferroviária vs. Confiança – Fonte Luminosa;

Guarani vs. Brusque – Brinco de Ouro;

Figueirense vs. Maranhão – Orlando Scarpelli;

Amazonas vs. Ypiranga – Carlos Zamith;

Itabaiana vs. Botafogo-PB – Etelvino Mendonça;

Floresta vs. Ituano – Presidente Vargas;

Anápolis vs. Santa Cruz – Jonas Duarte;

Caxias vs. Inter de Limeira – Centenário;

Barra vs. Volta Redonda – Arena Barra;

Paysandu vs. Maringá – Mangueirão.

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