São Paulo’s worst Paulistão start in 4 years, stat stands out vs Corinthians | OneFootball

Despite recovering in the last two rounds with a win and a draw away from home against Corinthians, São Paulo did not start well in this Paulistão compared to the beginnings of championships in recent years.

The four points in the first three games of the state championship represent São Paulo's worst start in the Campeonato Paulista since 2022 (one point) and the third worst in the 21st century. Throughout history, only ten campaigns in the state championship started worse for the Tricolor: 1932, 1936, 1939, 1960, 1964, 1979, 1985, 1988, 2006, and 2022. Of these, only 1985 ended with a title.

The Tricolor opened the Paulistão 2026 by taking a 3-0 beating from Mirassol but recovered with a narrow 1-0 victory over São Bernardo at Morumbi, and finally drew 1-1 with Corinthians over the weekend.

When taking the lead in the classic…

This Sunday (19), the Tricolor drew 1-1 with rivals Corinthians after once again taking the lead. In the last nine Majestic classics played in Itaquera, the home team took the lead in only two, precisely the only ones that ended in São Paulo defeats.

São Paulo opened the scoring on six other occasions (one game ended 0-0), but only emerged victorious in one of them — in all the other five, Corinthians managed to draw.

Recent record in Itaquera

In the first five Majestic classics played at Itaquerão for the Campeonato Paulista, between 2014 and 2019, São Paulo managed only one draw and four defeats. Since then, however, there has been one win and two draws in the three classics held there. Adding up all tournaments, from 2021 onwards, the Tricolor has one win, six draws, and two defeats in nine matches at the venue.

Recent record as a visitor

In its last fifteen away games, São Paulo has only two wins, three draws, and ten defeats, with eight goals scored and 26 conceded. Worse still: the team only found the back of the net in five of those matches.

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