Palmeiras unbeaten in Paulista openers, see the stats | OneFootball

Palmeiras defeated Portuguesa 1-0 this Saturday (10th) at Canindé, in their debut match of the 2026 Campeonato Paulista, maintaining their unbeaten streak in opening games of the competition. Now, that's 31 consecutive debuts without a loss.

The Palmeiras team has not lost an opening match in the Campeonato Paulista since 1995, when they were defeated by Portuguesa, 2-1, at Canindé. Since then, they have achieved 19 victories (twice consecutively against Portuguesa in recent years) and 11 draws.

Moreover, with this result, the team maintained a good recent record in the group stage of the Paulistão. The alviverde team has been defeated only once in the last 52 first-phase matches of the Paulista (with 35 wins and 16 draws) – since April 2021, the only setback was in 2025, against Novorizontino, at Arena Barueri. 

Palmeiras has lost only 15 of the last 71 away matches (with 38 wins and 18 draws since the end of November 2023). The team's two most recent commitments were victories at the opponent's home: 3-0 against Atlético-MG and 3-1 against Ceará in the final rounds of the 2025 Brazilian Championship.

In the State Championship, Verdão is unbeaten in nine away games, with six wins and three draws, and boasts a record with Abel Ferreira: in 31 away games in the initial phase, they have never been defeated – 18 wins and 13 draws.

And now?

After starting the season with a victory, Verdão faces Santos next Wednesday (14th) at 6:30 PM (Brasília time), at Arena Crefisa Barueri. The game is valid for the second round of the first phase of the Campeonato Paulista.

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