Sao Paulo vs Avai Prediction & Betting Tips (26 September)

A true pioneer of Brazilian football, Sao Paulo has won 6 league titles but its last one is beginning to rise since it was in 2008, during the back to back with the one gleaned in 2007. It is clear that in today's football , clubs like Palmeiras, Fluminense or even Flamengo have passed Sao Paulo in the hierarchy and this is confirmed again this season. Only 12th in the league, the six-time Brazilian champion is not far from entering the qualifying spots for the Copa Sudamericana C3 in Europe. Following their defeat at Flamengo in the Brazilian Cup semi-final 1-0, 1-3 first leg: 1-4 on aggregate, the hosts regained momentum on their final day by going win on the grass of Ceara who finished at 9 0-2. Opposite, it's not joy either, eliminated in the 1/32 finals of the Brazilian Cup by Ceilandia 1-2, Avai quickly understood that this season he would have to focus only on the championship and maintaining .

A maintenance which is far from certain since it occupies the place of the first relegated 17th and its recent record is disastrous. Only 2 successes during the last 14 days of the championship including the recent 1-0 at home against the champion in title, Atlético Mineiro. A victory that came to end a series of 9 games without a win in the league including 5 defeats.

Over the course of their previous 17 matches at this elite level of the Serie A, Sao Paulo have been involved in no fewer than 13 contests in which at least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet. This has also been the case in 13 of the last 17 Avai away games in the top-flight, so don’t expect the net to bulge at both ends in this encounter.