Corinthians look to avoid worst run since 2024, extend clean-sheet streak | OneFootball

On the night of this Saturday (18), at 8 p.m. (Brasília time), Corinthians visit Vitória at Barradão Stadium in a match valid for the 12th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. At the moment, the club from Parque São Jorge sits only 16th in the national competition with 11 points earned — two wins, five draws, and four losses — with eight goals scored and 11 conceded.

In this matchup, Corinthians will look to avoid matching their longest recent winless streak in the Brazilian Championship, which lasted from early May 2024 until the first week of July that same year. On that occasion, the club from Parque São Jorge recorded five draws (Fortaleza, Atlético-GO, São Paulo, Athletico-PR, and Cuiabá) and four losses (Flamengo, Botafogo, Internacional, and Palmeiras) — six goals scored and 12 conceded.

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That negative run was ended with a victory precisely against Vitória, by 3-2, at Neo Química Arena, in the 14th round, with a goal from forward Giovane (now at Napoli, Italy) in the final minute of the match. At the time, Portuguese coach Antônio Oliveira had just left command of the Alvinegro, and Raphael Laruccia, now an assistant coach at Portuguesa and then Timão’s Under-17 manager, led the team on an interim basis.

In the 2026 edition of the Brazilian Championship, Corinthians have already gone eight matches without a win, with their last victory coming on February 12 against RB Bragantino, by 2-0, at Neo Química Arena, in the third round of the national tournament. Since then, there have been five draws (Cruzeiro, Santos, Flamengo, Chapecoense, and Palmeiras) and three losses (Coritiba, Fluminense, and Internacional) — four goals scored and nine conceded.

Corinthians look to avoid matching their longest recent winless streak in the Brasileirão:

20241) Corinthians 0 x 0 Fortaleza – Round 52) Flamengo 2 x 0 Corinthians – Round 63) Corinthians 0 x 1 Botafogo – Round 74) Atlético-GO 2 x 2 Corinthians – Round 85) Corinthians 2 x 2 São Paulo – Round 96) Internacional 1 x 0 Corinthians – Round 107) Athletico-PR 1 x 1 Corinthians – Round 118) Corinthians 1 x 1 Cuiabá – Round 129) Palmeiras 2 x 0 Corinthians – Round 13

20261) Cruzeiro 1 x 1 Corinthians – Round 42) Corinthians 0 x 2 Coritiba – Round 53) Santos 1 x 1 Corinthians – Round 64) Chapecoense 0 x 0 Corinthians – Round 75) Corinthians 1 x 1 Flamengo – Round 86) Fluminense 3 x 1 Corinthians – Round 97) Corinthians 0 x 1 Internacional – Round 108) Corinthians 0 x 0 Palmeiras – Round 11

Corinthians also seek to reach four matches without conceding a goal after nearly a year

Besides being unbeaten since Fernando Diniz’s arrival, with two wins and one draw, the club from Parque São Jorge also have not conceded in any of the three matches since the managerial change. On April 9, they beat Platense of Argentina away from home by 2-0 in their Libertadores group-stage opener. Last Sunday (12), they drew 0-0 with Palmeiras in Itaquera, in the middle of the first half of the Brasileirão season. Finally, last Wednesday (15), they beat Santa Fe of Colombia by 2-0 at Neo Química Arena in the second round of the Libertadores group stage.

With that, Corinthians will try this Saturday (18) to make it four straight matches with a clean sheet, something that has not happened since May 2025. On that occasion, under coach Dorival Júnior, the Alvinegro did not concede in matches against Racing-URU (1-0), Santos (1-0), Novorizontino (1-0), and Atlético-MG (0-0). In the following match, in the final round of the Copa Sudamericana group stage, Timão conceded again in a 1-0 away defeat to Huracán-ARG.

20251) Racing-URU 0 x 1 Corinthians – 05/15/205 – Copa Sudamericana group stage2) Corinthians 1 x 0 Santos – 05/18/2025 – Round 8 of the Brasileirão3) Corinthians 1 x 0 Novorizontino – 05/21/2025 – First leg, third round, Copa do Brasil4) Atlético-MG 0 x 0 Corinthians – Round 9 of the Brasileirão

20261) Platense-ARG 0 x 2 Corinthians – 04/09/2026 – Libertadores group stage2) Corinthians 0 x 0 Palmeiras – 04/12/2026 – Round 11 of the Brasileirão3) Corinthians 2 x 0 Santa Fé-COL – 04/15/2026 – Libertadores group stage

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