Dorival 2026 equals Dorival 2023’s worst São Paulo Brasileirão run | OneFootball

The 2-1 loss to Athletico-PR this Wednesday (23), after coming from behind at home, marked São Paulo’s sixth straight game in the Brazilian Championship.

The streak, which began after the 1-0 win over Mirassol on April 25, is the club’s worst run in a single edition of the competition since the stretch between July and September 2023.

The curious part is that, on that occasion, Tricolor was also under coach Dorival Júnior.

That year, there was still an excuse: the Morumbi club was enjoying a prolonged hangover from its unprecedented Copa do Brasil triumph, which secured a place in the Copa Libertadores and led much of the fan base to soften its view of the bizarre results in the country’s main competition.

According to data from Anotações Tricolores, in the club’s entire history in the national tournament, this is the 17th time Tricolor has gone at least six games without a win, and in nine of those cases the negative streak was even longer.

The concentration of these unsatisfactory performances in the institution’s recent history stands out: of the 17 recorded occasions, 13 occurred in the 21st century, 12 from 2011 onward, and ten since 2016.

The longest and most frequent winless streaks in that span were seen in:

12 games: 2013;

9 games: 2011, 2017 and 2021;

8 games: 2005 and 2023;

7 games: 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Record in the first half of the round-robin era

The result also confirmed the end of São Paulo’s fifth-worst first half in the history of the Brazilian Championship’s 20-team round-robin era (in place since 2006).

After 19 rounds played, the team’s performance was better only than its campaigns in 2017, 2021 and 2023 in terms of total points earned.

In terms of specific offensive and defensive metrics, the balance shows that in six editions the team scored fewer goals, and in four it conceded more often than it has at the moment.

The picture contrasts sharply with the start of the competition, when São Paulo had posted its best opening through the first six rounds in the tournament’s history.

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