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·16 marzo 2026
São Paulo beat Bragantino and stop Palmeiras going top of the Brasileiro

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·16 marzo 2026

São Paulo is the leader of the Brazilian Championship. This Sunday, Tricolor defeated Red Bull Bragantino 2-1, coming from behind, in the sixth round of the competition, in a match held at Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques, in Bragança Paulista (SP). Herrera scored for Massa Bruta, while Sabino and Calleri netted the goals for Roger Machado’s team.
With this result, Red Bull Bragantino dropped to eighth place, with eight points. On the other hand, São Paulo finishes the sixth round as the leader of the Brazilian Championship, with 16 points—three more than Palmeiras and Fluminense, who are second and third, respectively.
🔵⚪ RED BULL BRAGANTINO 1 x 2 SÃO PAULO ⚫⚪
Competition: Brazilian Championship (6th round) Venue: Estádio Municipal Cícero de Souza Marques, in Bragança Paulista (SP) Date: March 15, 2026 (Sunday) Time: 8:30 PM (Brasília time) Yellow cards: Gabriel, Herrera, Lucas Barbosa, and Juninho Capixaba (Red Bull Bragantino); Calleri, Bobadilla, and Enzo Díaz (São Paulo) Red cards: none.
Goals
🔵⚪ Red Bull Bragantino
Cleiton; Hurtado (Vinicinho), Alix Vinícius, Gustavo Marques, and Juninho Capixaba; Gabriel (Matheus Fernandes), Gustavo Neves (Rodriguinho), Herrera (Isidro Pitta), and Lucas Barbosa; Henry Mosquera and Eduardo Sasha (Ryan). Coach: Vagner Mancini.
⚫⚪ São Paulo
Rafael; Lucas Ramon, Alan Franco, Sabino, and Enzo Diaz; Danielzinho (Pablo Maia), Bobadilla (Arboleda), and Marcos Antônio; Lucas (Cauly), Luciano (Ferreirinha), and Calleri (André Silva). Coach: Roger Machado.
The first half began with few chances at Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques. Playing at home, Bragantino had a good opportunity at the 20th minute, when Mosquera made a great individual play and shot low to the left side of Rafael’s goal. Nine minutes later, São Paulo responded: after Luciano set it up, Lucas struck hard, and Cleiton made a great save.
In the final stretch, the home side controlled the game and opened the scoring. At 36 minutes, Alan Franco poorly cleared a cross and, on the rebound, Herrera struck first time and found the net. In stoppage time, São Paulo pressed but couldn’t find the equalizer.
Unlike the first half, the second half started at a fast pace, especially for São Paulo. At eight minutes, Danielzinho crossed the ball into the area from a free kick, and Sabino hit it first time to level the score. At 19, with another free kick, Juninho Capixaba almost put Bragantino ahead, but Rafael made a great save.
Four minutes later, São Paulo turned the match around. After a long pass from Marcos Antônio, Lucas Ramon crossed, Cleiton came out poorly, and Calleri headed in to score the second for Tricolor. In the final stretch, Bragantino pushed forward and even managed to create danger, but Roger Machado’s team came away with the victory.
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