Palmeiras face Remo again after 23 years, look back at the last game | OneFootball

Palmeiras and Remo will face each other again after a 23-year gap. The last meeting between the teams took place on July 26, 2003, in Brazil’s Série B, when the Pará side won 2-1 at Mangueirão stadium, the same venue for this Sunday’s match (9).

On that occasion, Verdão opened the scoring in the 28th minute of the first half through Pedrinho, but Remo reacted quickly. In the 33rd minute, Valdomiro equalized for the blue-and-whites. Remo’s comeback came early in the second half, with Gian. That year, Palmeiras won the Série B title and returned to Brazil’s top flight.

Check out the lineups for Remo and Palmeiras:

Remo: Gilberto; Valdemir, Williams, Sérgio and Moisés; Márcio Belém, Chicão, Gian and Rogério Belém (Ciro); Valdomiro (Téo) and Cristiano (Leandro).Head coach: Givanildo Oliveira.

Palmeiras: Marcos; Corrêa, Alceu, Leonardo and Lúcio; Fábio Gomes (Francis), Magrão, Adãozinho (Élson) and Pedrinho; Thiago Gentil and Anselmo (Edmilson).Head coach: Jair Picerni.

Head-to-head favors Palmeiras

The head-to-head record favors Palmeiras. In eight official matches between the clubs, Verdão has four wins, along with two draws and two losses. The São Paulo side has also scored more goals in the matchup: 12 to Remo’s eight.

The first meeting between the teams took place in 1972, in the Brasileirão, with Palmeiras winning 2-0 away from home.

Before the 2003 clash, the previous meeting had been in 1993, in the last matchup between them in Brazil’s top division. On that occasion, there was a scoreless draw in one match and a 2-1 Palmeiras win in the other — with goals from Cesar Sampaio and Edmundo.

What now?

Now, more than two decades later, Remo and Palmeiras are writing a new chapter in this story. The match will be played at 4 p.m. (Brasília time) at Mangueirão. Palmeiras leads the Brazilian Championship with 33 points, while Remo is 19th with 11.

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