On the 23rd of June, São Paulo and Palmeiras will play a match in São Paulo in a meeting of these two Copa do Brasil teams in the ever popular São Paulo derby. In their last match, São Paulo recorded a 0-1 loss against Botafogo. Kayque struck first for Botafogo in the 61st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, São Paulo was frustrated by Botafogo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Botafogo ended the match with the shutout victory. São Paulo is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while palmeiras is fresh off their 4-2 win against Atlético GO. Diego Churin scored the first goal for Atlético GO in the 29th minute, then in the 42nd minute, Gabriel Veron Fonseca de Souza sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jose Rafael Vivian But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 44th minute on a goal by Gustavo Gómez. Palmeiras is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season São Paulo won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
For Palmeiras, their top scorers are Rony and Gustavo Gómez, each having 3 goals in their last five matches. Jonathan Calleri has been the most prolific scorer on São Paulo in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.