Paraná vs São Paulo Prediction Today
Paraná
On Sunday, August 19, Paraná closed its participation in the first round in a melancholy way. He mounted a boom to try to hold the Internacional at the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre. It achieved its goal until the 50 minutes of the second half. However, he ended up suffering a goal in the final moments that decreed the defeat by 1 to 0.
Thus, the tricolor Pará remained parked in the 14 points (three wins, five draws and 11 losses). He is in the 20th position and is not able to leave the region of the sticking out even if he wins on Wednesday.
Coach Claudinei Oliveira, who made his debut in Paraná replacing the dismissed Rogério Micale, showed that his first concern was to adjust the defensive system. To give more safety to the defenders, he formed a closer line of midfielders. Despite the goal at the end, this tactic can be considered as approved.However, the great deficiency that Paraná has been presenting has not been corrected. During the match in Beira-Rio, the team tried nine finals and only two of them had the right direction. In this way, he completed the first round with nine goals scored in 19 matches. It is the worst offensive performance of the Brasileirão.
For the clash on Wednesday, in addition to leading with this problem, Claudinei Oliveira still need to be the substitute of left-back Igo. He received the third yellow card in the game in Porto Alegre and will have to comply with suspension. Mansur and Marcelo Baez are the options for the position. However, he will be able to count on the return of the defender Cléber Reis and the volante Alex Santana, who were punished by the accumulation of yellow cards and were able to play again.
São Paulo
By defeating Chapecoense by 2 to 0, in Morumbi, on Sunday night, August 19, São Paulo won the symbolic title of first-round champion of the Brasileirão. In practice, it may not have great significance. However, since the tournament began to be played in the points system, which happened in 2003, never a team that was in first place in the first half of the race was placed below the second place in the end.
Thus, the 41 points (12 wins, five draws and two losses) confirmed Sao Paulo as a candidate for the trophy, something that was not even considered in the analysis at the start of the season. The club still has the advantage of the calendar. As he was eliminated from the South American Cup, he will have, by the end of the season, 11 weeks free for training. Uruguayan coach Diego Aguirre has shown that he knows very well how to enjoy those periods by doing tactical experiments according to the needs of the next match.Acting as a visitor has been the Sao-Pauline differential. The team, which has accumulated 18 (five wins, three draws and two defeats) away from their dominions, is the best in this category in the Brazilian Championship.
To try to improve this index even more, Aguirre promoted relay in the cast in the last two matches. In this way, you will be able to count on all your most important athletes in the duel of this Wednesday and, if you wish, also against Ceará, on August 26, before the first week just for training.
Soccer Prediction of the Day Paraná vs São Paulo
The São Paulo tricolor takes a big advantage in the encounters with the Paraná in the Brasileirão. There were 11 wins against two in addition to six draws. The most recent success of Paraná happened in 2003, when he scored 4 to 2 in the first edition of the Brazilian Championship in points format. Since then, the duel has had nine editions with six Sao-Pauline victories and three equalities.
Very superior technically and with planning very well executed in the relay of the cast, the victory of the São Paulo, even as a visitor, is the best prognosis for the duel of tricolor on Wednesday in the capital of Parana.
Bet Tips: Sao Paulo wins
Odds: 1.95
