📊 Form Guide

São Paulo

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São Paulo are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-1 Copa do Brasil victory against Náutico.

In that game, São Paulo had 58% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for São Paulo was Luciano (21', 46'). For their opponents, Náutico had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target.

São Paulo have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, although they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that São Paulo have seen their goal breached in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.

Looking at the pre-match facts, São Paulo:

• have left without a victory over Fortaleza in their previous 8 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.

Fortaleza

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In their previous fixture, Fortaleza drew 1-1 in the Copa do Brasil match with Retrô.

In that match, Fortaleza managed 59% possession and 21 shots on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Fortaleza was Juan Lucero (88'). On the other side, Retrô got 21 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Richard Franco (33') was the scorer for Retrô.

The forward players for Fortaleza have suffered from a lack of goals in their past 6 games, netting the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, Fortaleza have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 6. In any event, time will tell whether that trend might continue on here in this match.

Leading up to this clash, Fortaleza:

• remain undefeated by São Paulo when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
• are without a win away from home in their last 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 08/05/2022 tells us that these encounters have ended in disappointment for São Paulo. They have not been able to get any wins at all whereas Fortaleza have been too good for them, getting wins in 67% of those games played.

An aggregate of 10 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 3 of them for Tricolor Paulista and 7 coming from Fortaleza. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The last league clash between these sides was Serie A match day 20 on 28/07/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Fortaleza 1-0 São Paulo.

In that match, Fortaleza managed 37% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Renato Kayzer (4').

São Paulo got 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Davi de Oliveira Lacerda.

ℹ️ Team News: São Paulo

Henrique Carmo (Injury to the ankle), Young (Foot injury), Pablo Maia (Inner ankle ligament tear), Igor Vinícius (Lumbar vertebra problems), Jonathan Calleri (Cruciate ligament injury), Robert Arboleda (muscular problems), Oscar (Hamstring injury), Lucas Moura (Knee problems) and Luiz Gustavo (Lung contusion) aren’t available for São Paulo gaffer Luis Zubeldía.

It’s our opinion that Tricolor Paulista could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Rafael, Cedric Soares, Nahuel Ferraresi, Sabino, Wendell, Alisson, Damián Bobadilla, Lucas Ferreira, Matheus Alves, Luciano and André Silva.

🗞️ Team News: Fortaleza

Fortaleza boss Juan Vojvoda has multiple availability issues to deal with. Rodrigo Santos (Fitness), Moisés (Thigh problems), Tinga (unknown injury), Emanuel Brítez (ankle sprain) and Diogo Barbosa (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that Fortaleza could decide to utilise a 4-3-3 formation, giving starts to João Ricardo, Eros Mancuso, Benjamin Kuscevic, Gustavo Mancha, Bruno Pacheco, Pol Fernández, Matheus Rossetto, Emmanuel Martinez, Marinho, Juan Martin Lucero and Breno Lopes.

💡 Prediction

In this match, São Paulo have it within them to be able to score a couple when they face Fortaleza, who might well find it a difficult task scoring a goal of their own.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for São Paulo after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 00:05 03/05/2025