Palmeiras: only Brasileiro team with more away than home points | OneFootball

Palmeiras stands out in this edition of the Brazilian Championship for a curious fact: it is the only team that has more points as a visitor than at home. So far, Verdão has won 23 points in ten matches away from their home, being the best visitor of the competition, with seven victories, two draws and only one defeat, scoring 15 goals and conceding nine.

In the top 6 of visitors, Botafogo (17 points), Flamengo (17), Cruzeiro (16), Mirassol (13) and Red Bull Bragantino (13) appear. Sport, on the other hand, bottom of the Brasileirão, won half of its points as a visitor. The Lion added five units away from Ilha do Retiro and another five within its domains in Recife.

On the other hand, as a host, Palmeiras has 20 points in ten games, occupying only the sixth best home campaign, with six victories, two draws and two defeats. In total, the team has 43 points, maintaining the third overall position in the table.

The campaign as a visitor includes important victories over Sport, Internacional, Fortaleza, Vasco, Red Bull Bragantino, Fluminense and Botafogo, as well as draws against Vitória and Corinthians and only one defeat to Cruzeiro.

Next Palmeiras game

Palmeiras faces Internacional next Saturday (13), at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), at Allianz Parque, for the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship. In the first round, in Porto Alegre, Verdão won 1-0, with a goal from Facundo Torres, and seeks to repeat the result at home to stay in the fight for the top positions in the table.

Preparation for the clash

This Monday (8), the green squad returned to the Football Academy and carried out training with muscle activation, power exercises and positional work focused on constructions of plays through the middle and finishes. Raphael Veiga advanced in the physical transition and participated as a "joker", while Maurício followed an individualized schedule after back pain.

Abel Ferreira still did not have the players called up for the Fifa Date, but hopes to count on them for the final stretch of preparation.

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