São Paulo winless in first two Paulistão games for seven years | OneFootball

São Paulo is struggling with a major taboo in the Paulistão. The Tricolor has not won the first two rounds of the state championship for seven years, since the 2019 edition. With the defeat to Mirassol this Sunday, the poor streak will persist until 2027. 

In that 2019 season, when they were runners-up to Corinthians, São Paulo beat Mirassol (4×1) and Novorizontino (0x3) in the first two rounds of the Paulistão. Since then, they have never managed to secure six points in two games again. 

With the exception of 2022, when they earned only one point in their first two matches of the state championship, São Paulo reached four points in the first and second rounds of the Paulistão. This scenario occurred in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and now, in 2026. 

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In Search of Recovery

São Paulo and São Bernardo face each other this Thursday at 9:45 PM (Brasília time), at Morumbis, for the second round of the Paulistão. Hernán Crespo's team is looking to recover from the defeat in the opening match of the competition against Mirassol last Sunday. 

São Bernardo, meanwhile, made their Paulistão debut with a 4-0 thrashing of Capivariano at home. 

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