Água Santa and São Bernardo face each other this Thursday (16/01), 6:30 pm (Brasília time), for the debut of the Campeonato Paulista 2025. The ball rolls at the Arena Distrital do Inamar, in Diadema, São Paulo.
Runner-up in São Paulo in 2023, Água Santa enters the field with the expectation of guaranteeing a national calendar in 2026. The team competed in Series D in 2024, but was unable to gain access.
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Representative of ABC Paulista, São Bernardo was champion of the Copa Paulista in 2021 and managed to qualify for the Paulistão knockout stage last season. In 2024, it also guaranteed its permanence in Series C of the Brasileirão.
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Água Santa x São Bernardo: where to watch
The match between Água Santa and São Bernardo, for Paulistão, will be broadcast on (pay-per-view), UOL Play (pay-per-view) and Zapping TV (pay-per-view).
Água Santa x São Bernardo: where to watch
- Date: January 16th (Thursday)
- Time: 6:30 pm
- Onde assistir: (pay-per-view), UOL Play (pay-per-view) e Zapping TV (pay-per-view)
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Água Santa x São Bernardo: lineups
Água Santa is in Group C of Paulistão, alongside São Paulo, Novorizontino and Noroeste. São Bernardo is part of Group D, with Palmeiras, Ponte Preta and Velo Clube.
Água Santa lineup against São Bernardo
Coach Marcelo Cabo took over Água Santa in the final stretch of 2024 with a view to preparing for this season.
The team has strengthened a lot, but there is a tendency, in this first game, to maintain athletes who were already playing for the club in the previous season.
One of them is goalkeeper Ygor Vinhas, the player who played the most on the field wearing the Água Santa shirt last year.
Água Santa lineup: Ygor Vinhas; Alex Silva, Joelson, Robles, Artur; Luan Dias, Neilton, Villian; Korek, Jota. Technical: Marcelo Cabo.
São Bernardo lineup against Água Santa
São Bernardo should enter the field with a team that brings together remnants of last year and reinforcements.
Ricardo Catalá should promote, for example, the entry of Foguinho in midfield and Echaporã in attack.
São Bernardo lineup: Alex Alves; João Ramos, Helder, Augusto; Foguinho, Kadi, Emerson Santis and Romisson; Kauã Jesus, Echaporã and Léo Jabá. Technical: Ricardo Catalá.
