Corinthians slip into the Campeonato Brasileiro relegation zone | OneFootball

On Saturday night (18), Corinthians faced Vitória at Barradão Stadium in a match valid for the 12th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship and drew 0-0. With the result, the Corinthians side has now gone nine rounds without a win in the tournament and enters the relegation zone, sitting in 17th place with 12 points — two wins, six draws, and four losses — with eight goals scored and 11 conceded.

Fernando Diniz’s squad was in 16th place before the round began. However, also on Saturday night, Cruzeiro hosted Grêmio at Mineirão Stadium and won 2-0. As a result, the team from Minas Gerais reached 13 points, with the same number of matches as the club from Parque São Jorge — three wins, four draws, and five losses — becoming the first team outside the bottom four.

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Corinthians are currently only ahead of the following teams in the league: Remo (eight points in 11 matches), Chapecoense (eight points in 11 matches), and Mirassol (six points in 10 matches). The team from Santa Catarina has one game in hand, but has already played in this round and was beaten by Botafogo 4-1 at Arena Condá.

On the other hand, Remo and Mirassol are still set to play in this round on Sunday (19). The former will visit Red Bull Bragantino at Cícero de Souza Marques Stadium at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time). The team from the interior of São Paulo, meanwhile, will visit Internacional at 11 a.m. at Beira-Rio Stadium. As for the middle of the table, Alvinegro are three points behind Vitória, who are in 10th place with 15 points. Leão, however, have played 11 matches.

After facing Vitória away from home in the Brasileirão, Corinthians will turn their attention to their debut in the 2026 Copa do Brasil — a tournament they have won four times (1995, 2002, 2009, and 2025). That is because next Tuesday (21), Tiradentes Day, Alvinegro will face Barra, from Santa Catarina, at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), in the first leg of the fifth round of the national knockout tournament at Ressacada Stadium.

The club from Parque São Jorge, it is worth remembering, are the current champions of the tournament, since in 2025 they beat Vasco da Gama by an aggregate score of 2-1 — the second match was played at the Maracanã. In the Brazilian Championship, Timão will return to the pitch only next Sunday (26), at 4 p.m. (Brasília time), to face Cruz-Maltino at the Neo Química Arena in the 13th round of the Brasileirão.

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