Corinthians seek another win at Nilton Santos, end away drought | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Sunday (17), at 4 p.m. (Brasília time), Corinthians will visit Botafogo at Nilton Santos Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, in a match valid for the 16th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. Currently, Alvinegro sits in 16th place with 18 points — four wins, six draws and five losses — with 13 goals scored and 15 conceded.

In the clash, the club from Parque São Jorge will look to end two droughts. Fernando Diniz’s squad has not beaten Botafogo at Nilton Santos since April 10, 2022. On that occasion, the team was managed by Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira and won 3-1. The goals were scored by Paulinho, Mantuan and Lucas Piton.

Photo: Vitor Silva/Botafogo

On that occasion, Alvinegro took the field with: Cássio; João Pedro, João Victor, Raul Gustavo and Lucas Piton; Du Queiroz, Paulinho (Roni) and Maycon (Giuliano); Gustavo Mantuan (Gustavo Silva), Willian (Adson), and Róger Guedes (Giovane). Of those who played, none are still at Parque São Jorge.

Since then, there have been three more matches between the teams at the venue — all in the Brasileirão — with two wins for the Rio side and one draw. In 2023 and 2024, Timão was beaten 3-0 and 2-1, respectively. Last year, the sides drew 1-1. Overall, the two teams have faced each other at Nilton Santos on 13 occasions. Alvinegro has won only twice, along with four draws and seven losses — 14 goals scored and 20 conceded. In addition, Corinthians also needs to return to winning away from home in this edition of the Brazilian Championship.

In matches away from Itaquera in this Brasileirão, Alvinegro has one win, four draws and two losses — five goals scored and seven conceded — a 33.3% success rate. The last away win in the national competition came on February 19, nearly two months ago, when the team beat Athletico-PR 1-0, with a goal by Rodrigo Garro, in the second round.

Since then, there have been four draws (Cruzeiro, Santos, Chapecoense and Vitória) and two losses (Fluminense and Mirassol). Two of those matches came with Fernando Diniz in charge: the scoreless draw against Vitória and the 2-1 defeat to Mirassol. The rest took place when Dorival Jr, dismissed on April 5, was still Timão’s head coach.

A win this Sunday could move Alvinegro into the top half of the table, depending on other results — as high as seventh place.

Corinthians seeks to beat Botafogo again at Nilton Santos for the first time since 04/10/2022

•Botafogo 1 x 3 Corinthians – 1st round of the Brasileirão

Since then:

1) Botafogo 3 x 0 Corinthians – Brasileirão 2023 2) Botafogo 2 x 1 Corinthians – Brasileirão 2024 3) Botafogo 1 x 1 Corinthians – Brasileirão 2025

Corinthians seeks to win away from home again in the Brasileirão for the first time since 02/19/2026

•Athletico-PR 0 x 1 Corinthians – 2nd round

Since then:

1) Cruzeiro 1 x 1 Corinthians – 02/25/2026 – 4th round 2) Santos 1 x 1 Corinthians – 03/11/2026 – 6th round 3) Chapecoense 0 x 0 Corinthians – 03/19/2026 – 7th round 4) Fluminense 3 x 1 Corinthians – 04/01/2026 – 9th round 5) Vitória 0 x 0 Corinthians – 04/18/2026 – 12th round 6) Mirassol 2 x 1 Corinthians – 05/03/2026 – 14th round

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