São Paulo defend long unbeaten run against Cruzeiro at Morumbis | OneFootball

After the draw against Internacional in midweek, São Paulo now turns its attention to the clash against Cruzeiro, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Saturday, in the Brazilian Championship. The venue for the match, Morumbis has been a stronghold for Tricolor Paulista, which is defending a long unbeaten run against the Minas Gerais side at the stadium.

All in all, São Paulo has now gone nine years without losing to Cruzeiro at home. Their last defeat came in 2017, when Raposa won 2-0 and knocked the São Paulo side out of the Copa do Brasil in the quarterfinals of the competition, which it would go on to win that year.

Since then, the teams have faced each other six times at Morumbis. In total, São Paulo has won four times, while the other two matches ended in draws.

It is worth remembering that, due to Cruzeiro’s relegation in 2019, the teams did not face each other between 2020 and 2022. Because of that, they met only a few times during this span.

Standings situation

São Paulo is going through a rough patch and is coming off a run of three matches without a win, with two defeats and one draw. In the last round, Roger Machado’s team drew 1-1 with Internacional away from home. As a result, the team dropped to fourth place in the standings with 17 points.

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