In this week 38 match on the 13th of November, Goiás and São Paulo will play a match in Goiânia in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Goiás recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Juventude. Nicolas struck first for Goiás in the 82nd minute on a feed from Dieguinho, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Juventude couldn’t manage to score, and Goiás took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, São Paulo recorded a 0-1 loss against Internacional. Mauricio struck first for Internacional in the 21st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, São Paulo was frustrated by Internacional’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Internacional ended the match with the shutout victory. São Paulo should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Jul 23rd, São Paulo hosted Goiás at the Estádio Cícero Pompeu De Toledo in their last match together. São Paulo and Goiás battled to a 3-3 draw. Dadá Belmonte struck first for Goiás in the 8th minute on a feed from Pedro Raúl, then in the 29th minute, Welington Damascena Santos sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jonathan Calleri .
Jonathan Calleri has been the most effective weapon for São Paulo lately. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. For Goiás, their top scorers are Vinicius and Pedro Raúl, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.