São Caetano 3×4 Palmeiras

After two games with no wins, Palmeiras beat São Caetano last wednesday:

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=-SODTarxwA4]

Palmeiras was 2-0 behind with ten minutes of the game, in two defensive mistakes. The team managed well the situation, and with fast plays and set pieces, overcome São Caetano yet in the first half to 2-4. Five minutes to the end of the game, São Caetano scored the third goal, but wasn’t able to achieve the draw (game rating here; in portuguese)

With this win Palmeiras maintained the lead of the Campeonato Paulista (regional championship):

P G W D L GP GA %
1 Palmeiras 25 9 8 1 0 24 10 14 93
2 Corinthians 24 10 7 3 0 21 8 13 80
3 São Paulo 20 9 6 2 1 15 8 7 74
4 Portuguesa 18 10 5 3 2 13 10 3 60
5 Santo André 16 9 5 1 3 11 8 3 59
6 Santos 16 9 5 1 3 12 10 2 59
7 Ponte Preta 14 9 4 2 3 14 10 4 52
8 São Caetano 14 10 4 2 4 11 11 0 47
9 Mirassol 13 9 3 4 2 14 13 1 48
10 Grêmio Barueri 13 10 3 4 3 13 13 0 43
11 Ituano 12 10 3 3 4 11 11 0 40
12 Oeste 11 9 2 5 2 11 11 0 41
13 Paulista 10 10 3 1 6 18 16 2 33
14 Guaratinguetá 10 9 2 4 3 12 14 -2 37
15 Guarani 9 10 2 3 5 6 14 -8 30
16 Bragantino 8 9 2 2 5 11 14 -3 30
17 Botafogo-SP 8 10 2 2 6 11 16 -5 27
18 Marília 8 8 2 2 4 9 17 -8 33
19 Mogi Mirim 5 10 1 2 7 6 19 -13 17
20 Noroeste 3 9 0 3 6 4 14 -10 11

The first 4 team classify to the playoffs.