Cursed city: São Paulo’s worst defeats all in Rio, Fluminense haunt | OneFootball

Until the debacle last Thursday (27th), São Paulo had only conceded six goals on 13 other occasions in its history, the last being ten years and five days earlier, in a classic match against rival Corinthians in Itaquera, also in the Brazilian Championship.

It was only the third time in history that São Paulo lost by more than five goals difference.

And the funny thing is that all of them happened in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), but in different stadiums, to different clubs: Botafogo (1 to 8 in 1940, at Laranjeiras), Vasco (1 to 7 in 2001, at São Januário), and Fluminense (0 to 6 in 2025, at Maracanã), with the last two being in the Brasileirão.

Last week's thrashing also resulted in another unpleasant statistic: of São Paulo's 14 worst defeats, three were against Fluminense, which matched Santos as the biggest tormentor of the tricolor in history.

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