The São Paulo manager F. Diniz Silva attacks this game with the team placed 5th so far. In the visitors dressing room Corinthians and their manager T. Retzalff Nunes are in 14th place before this match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
São Paulo form and stats
Seven points from three Serie A home games is a great start for São Paulo, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tiago Luis Volpi not having conceded a league goal in 249 minutes.
Paulo's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Atletico PR (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sport Recife.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paulo as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico Mineiro in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Paulo has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Paulo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Corinthians form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Serie A for Corinthians with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Corinthians played 1-1 against Fortaleza in their previous match. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Coritiba.
As mentioned above, Corinthians drew the match against Fortaleza. Manager T. Retzalff Nunes brought on Luan to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Corinthians has another fixture away, a Serie A game, against Goias in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
2 goals so far away for Corinthians, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
São Paulo-Corinthians H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Paulo three wins, Corinthians four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. da Rocha Neves 2 goals |   J. Alves de Assis Silva 2 goals |  R. da Silva 1 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Corinthians missing players
| São Paulo | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | 54 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 10 | 51 |
| 26 | 15 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 19% | 20% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 27% |
| São Paulo | Last season | Corinthians | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 77% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 69% | ||
| 62% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 19% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 15% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 62% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 23% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 19% | ||
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 247 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 196 | ||
| 99 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 79 | ||
| 21% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Gremio | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Fortaleza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Flamengo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Goias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Ceara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |