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Corinthians vs Sao Paulo Predictions

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Corinthians vs Sao Paulo Predictions

Saturday’s Brazilian Serie A derby action sees Corinthians doing battle with local rivals Sao Paulo. An open game is expected to be in order, with plenty of action at both ends as the two battle for the 3 points.

Considering they romped to the title with a 9 point lead over their nearest rival last season, it sounds incredible to say, but all Corinthians can focus on in the 6 games left to play is merely remaining in the division and avoiding an embarrassing relegation. Currently 12th and 5 points above the drop zone, Timao aren’t in immediate danger but need to pick up a reasonable amount of points to ensure they avoid falling into it.

Simply put, it’s been a disastrous campaign for the hosts and they’ve fallen well short of expectations. The loss of last season’s boss Fabio Carille hit the club hard and whilst Jair Ventura looked to have initially stabilised matters after coming in a couple of months ago, the team are in poor form once again, having recently lost the Copa do Brasil final, as well as having taken just 6 points from the last 7 league matches.

Meanwhile, Sao Paulo have been far from impressive in recent months, going from top spot down to 4th place, after winning just 1 of their last 8 league matches. After blowing the lead twice in last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Flamengo, Tricolor all but ended their title hopes, now 9 points behind leaders Palmeiras.

That has spirits low in travelling ranks but with this being a local derby and still holding the slimmest of chances of running out champions with a perfect finish, those taking to the pitch will be gunning for the 3 points. A win over Vitoria last time out on the road does provide slight reason for encouragement, but there’s no doubting a sterner test awaits in this trip.

Ultimately, neither team arrives with any great momentum behind them and have been below par for quite some time now. Nonetheless, for all their struggles in recent weeks and over the entire season, Corinthians have remained a powerful force on their own patch, losing just 2 of their 16 matches there, winning 8 times in the process and taking that into account, they should be able to give a Sao Paulo outfit that’s had the more impressive campaign overall a run for their money.

Calling a result looks difficult in this one and it could go either way but instead, great value looks set to be found in backing both nets to be hit. Each party will be playing with an attacking style as they chase the win and action is normally found in this fixture, with 5 of the previous 7 clashes between the two seeing goals at either end. 3 of Corinthians’ last 4 matches have also featured both sides scoring and we can envisage that sequence being built upon in a 2-2 draw.

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