Vasco will face São Paulo on Saturday at 18:30 Brasília time at São Januário in the 12th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro, with ge set to follow the match in real time and Prime Vídeo carrying the broadcast. The game comes with both teams carrying pressure into a league meeting that arrives after a difficult stretch for each side.
Vasco has gone five matches without a win and enters after back-to-back draws with Coritiba and Remo in the Brazilian Championship, a comeback loss to Botafogo at São Januário and defeats in South America, including Tuesday’s home loss to Audax Italiano after opening the Copa Sul-Americana with a draw against Barracas Central in Argentina. The team will be without Alan Saldivia, who is suspended after his third yellow card, while Barros may also miss out with a sprain in his right ankle. Jair and Mateus Carvalho are sidelined with knee injuries, and Cuesta is expected to replace Saldivia in central defense. Vasco’s probable lineup has Léo Jardim; Paulo Henrique, Cuesta, Robert Renan and Cuiabano; Hugo Moura, Thiago Mendes and Tchê Tchê; Rojas, Andrés Gómez and David.
São Paulo has not planned to rest its main players for the league match despite a crowded calendar. The club lost midfielder Marcos Antônio to a right thigh injury on Tuesday, and he is expected to return only after the World Cup. Lucas Ramon and Rafael Tolói are suspended, while Ferreira is out with edema in the back region of his left thigh, Pablo Maia is recovering after surgery to correct fractures in his nose and face, and Lucas remains unavailable with fractures in two ribs. Alan Franco, Wendell, Luciano and Ferreirinha are on the warning list. São Paulo’s probable lineup lists Rafael; Cédric, Alan Franco, Sabino and Wendell; Bobadilla, Danielzinho and Luciano; Artur, Calleri and Ferreira.
The matchup also arrives with São Paulo in third place in the league, six points behind Palmeiras, even though it has won only one of its last five Brasileirão matches while still posting two wins in the Sul-Americana. The referee will be Rodrigo Sávio Pereira Sampaio, with Bruno Boschilia and Daniel Henrique da Silva Andrade as assistants, Caio Max Augusto Vieira in the VAR booth and Luiz Augusto Silveira Tisne as fourth official.