São Paulo get ready to welcome Palmeiras for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa do Brasil Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for São Paulo and Palmeiras.
São Paulo form and stats
Last season, Paulo's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the semi-finals.São Paulo have been very solid at home in the Serie A so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 7th position in the table.
São Paulo's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Fluminense. The home side are looking to build on that result. Rafinha was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.3 out of 10. The defender Rafinha hit five key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that game, a home victory against Tigre in the Copa Sudamericana.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for São Paulo as they are travelling to their away game against Bragantino in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Paulo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Palmeiras form and stats
They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the round of 16, when São Paulo drew the shortest straw.As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Palmeiras have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Atletico PR in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. The score could without doubt have been different as the opposing team were far ahead in expected goals created (xG): 3.98 - 1.53. It looked so good for Palmeiras vs Atletico PR, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. As mentioned above, Palmeiras drew the match against Atletico PR. Manager Ferreira brought on Menino to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Lopes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Lopes signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
A home victory as anticipated against Bolivar before that, in the Copa Libertadores.
A new game in only three days for Palmeiras, the Serie A home match versus Flamengo. Busy days.
Palmeiras are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras have won or drawn the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing São Paulo.The matches between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 4 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 4 goals |   R. Cavalcante Veiga 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| São Paulo | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 20 | 53 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 17 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 11 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Gremio | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Internacional | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | Cuiaba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Santos | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Bahia | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 9 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
