Palmeiras can win the Paulistão title undefeated for the 4th time in its history

In 2023, Palmeiras won ten wins and four draws in the 14 games they played in Paulistão. Abel Ferreira’s team arrives as a big favorite for the final against Água Santa, since in the entire championship, Verdão scored 20 goals and conceded only five.

Last year, Palmeiras was very close to winning the Campeonato Paulista title undefeated. Abel Ferreira’s team reached the final with 11 wins and only three draws, but lost the first match of the decision against São Paulo by 3-1 at Morumbi. On the way back, Palmeiras scored a 4-0 victory and became champion of São Paulo.

Palmeiras’ undefeated titles in São Paulo championships happened a long time ago. The last state title without defeats was in 1972. At that time, Palmeiras had a great squad, with Emerson Leão; Eurico, Luis Pereira, Alfredo and Zeca; Dudu, Ademir da Guia, Edu Bala and Leivinha; Cesar Maluco and Nei. With 15 wins and seven draws in the competition, Palmeiras easily won the 1972 Paulista Championship

Palmeiras’ other two undefeated titles in the Campeonato Paulista were in 1932 and 1926, when the institution was still called Palestra Itália. Both titles were won with 100% success in 11 and 9 games respectively.

Start at work for decision! With a surprise on the field, our preparation for the final of the @Paulistao started and TV Palmeiras/FAM shows how Thursday was at the Football Academy#AvantiPalestra pic.twitter.com/LyFuyMwOWb — SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) March 23, 2023

_{Images from Palmeiras training this Wednesday (Reproduction/Twitter)}

Palmeiras and Água Santa will face each other on the 2nd of April, at 4 pm (Brasília time), for the first match of the 2023 Paulista Championship final.

Featured photo: Abel Ferreira in Palmeiras training. Playback/ SE Palmeiras