Corinthians and Santos face each other this Sunday (18), for the ninth round of Serie A of the Brazilian Championship. In addition to seeking improvement in the National League score, Timão intends to keep a taboo against fish in the neo chemistry arena.
He doesn’t know what it is to lose to rival Alvinegro in Itaquera for over three years. The last time this happened was in February 2022, when Santos triumphed 2-1, for the Paulista Championship.
At the time, Peixe took the best about the team of Parque São Jorge with two goals from Marcos Leonardo and helped “overthrow” coach Sylvinho, who was in Timão.
Since then, the teams have faced each other on five opportunities at Neo Chemistry Arena, with three wins and two draws.
This season, it will be the third time the teams intersect in Itaquera. Timão got the best on the first two occasions, with two 2-1 wins for the Paulista Championship.
Corinthians comes from a victory against Racing-URU for the South American Cup, midweek, but wants to recover the lost points for Mirassol, in the last commitment of Brasileirão.
Already Santos arrives pressed to the classic, with a sequence of five games without winning, adding all competitions. Coach Cléber Xavier seeks his first triumph ahead of the fish.
Unbeaten sequence of Corinthians against Santos in the Arena
- 06/22/2022 – Corinthians 4 x 0 Santos (Brazil Cup)
- 25/06/2022 – Corinthians 0 x 0 Santos (Brazilian Championship)
- 10/29/2023 – Corinthians 1 x 1 Santos (Brazilian Championship)
- 12/02/2025 – Corinthians 2 x 1 Santos (Paulista Championship)
- 03/09/2025 – Corinthians 2 x 1 Santos (Paulista Championship)
