Brasileirão Série A 2011 - round 6

Highlights from round 6 of the 2011 Brasileirão Série A championship.

Match reports

Corinthians bagged the result of the weekend with a 5-0 demolition of leaders São Paulo, to destroy the only 100% record in the division and close the gap at the top to two points with a game in hand.

Flamengo hannered Atlétco Mineiro 4-1 to maintain their unbeaten start to the season and Internacional also enjoyed a convincing 4-1 victory against Figueirense.

Cruzeiro clambered away from the relegation places after recording their first win of the campaign with a 2-1 home win against Coritiba. 

Avaí and Atlético Paranaense both lost again and look as if they would soon be cut adrift at the bottom of the table. Santos also slipped down into the relegation places having missed their game after their Copa Libertadores win meaning that they have two games in hand to get themselves out of trouble.

Results/Highlights

25-06-11
Flamengo	4-1	Atlético Mineiro
Atlético Paranaense	0-2	Bahia
Cruzeiro	2-1	Coritiba
26-06-11
Ceará	2-0	Palmeiras
Avaí	0-1	Fluminense
Botafogo	2-1	Grêmio
Corinthians	5-0	São Paulo
Atlético Goianense	0-1	Vasco da Gama
Internacional	4-1	Figueirense
02-07-11
Santos	?-?	América

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo	6	5	0	1	9	6	+3	15
2	Corinthians	5	4	1	0	12	3	+9	13
3	Palmeiras	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
4	Botafogo	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
5	Vasco da Gama	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11
6	Flamengo	6	2	4	0	13	6	+7	10
7	Figueirense	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
8	Internacional	6	2	3	1	12	8	+4	9
9	Fluminense	6	3	0	3	5	7	−2	9
10	Atlético Mineiro	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8
11	Bahia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
12	Atlético Goianiense	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
13	Grêmio	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
14	Ceará	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7
15	Cruzeiro	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6
16	Santos	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
17	América Mineiro	5	1	2	2	7	11	−4	5
18	Coritiba	6	1	1	4	9	10	−1	4
19	Atlético Paranaense	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1
20	Avaí	6	0	1	5	4	18	−14	1

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Brasileirão Série A 2011 - round 5

Match reports

leaders São Paulo kept up their 100% record with a 0-2 away win against Ceará while 2nd placed Corinthians had their fixture postponed due to their opponent's Santos commitments in the Copa Libertadores final.

Avaí remained in big trouble at the bottom of the table after a 5-0 demolition at Palmeiras, 2010 champions Fluminense continued their terrible start to the defence of their title with a 0-1 home defeat to Bahia and 2010 runners-up Cruzeiro stayed in the relegation zone after they could only draw 1-1 at América.

Results/Highlights

18-06-11
Fluminense	0-1	Bahia
América	1-1	Cruzeiro
19-06-11
Figueirense	2-0	Atlético Paranaense
Ceará	0-2	São Paulo
Grêmio	1-1	Vasco da Gama
Flamengo	0-0	Botofogo
Palmeiras	5-0	Avaí
Atlético Mineiro	2-2	Atlético Goianense
Coritiba	1-1	Internacional
10-08-11
Santos	?-?	Corinthians

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8	15
2	Palmeiras	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	11
3	Corinthians	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
4	Figueirense	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
5	Atlético Mineiro	5	2	2	1	9	5	+4	8
6	Botafogo	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8
7	Vasco da Gama	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	8
8	Flamengo	5	1	4	0	9	5	+4	7
9	Atlético Goianiense	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
10	Grêmio	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
11	Internacional	5	1	3	1	8	7	+1	6
12	Fluminense	5	2	0	3	4	7	−3	6
13	Santos	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
14	Bahia	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5
15	América Mineiro	5	1	2	2	7	11	−4	5
16	Coritiba	5	1	1	3	8	8	0	4
17	Ceará	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4
18	Cruzeiro	5	0	3	2	4	6	−2	3
19	Atlético Paranaense	5	0	1	4	1	8	−7	1
20	Avaí	5	0	1	4	4	17	−13	1

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Brasileirão Série A 2011 - round 4

Match reports

The fourth round of games was strewn with drawn matches with six of the ten games resulting in ties. Bottom club Avaí picked up their first points of the season with a 2-2 home draw against América and Atlético Paranaense fount their first point and goal of the tournament in a 1-1 home draw with unbeaten Flamengo.

The bottom four stayed exactly the same as the other two clubs also drew their games Bahia managed a 1-1 draw against Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro who have not won in 4 games will be disappointed with with a 1-1 draw against Santos having conceded a last minute equaliser against their 10 man opponents.

Vasco da Gama recovered from their mauling in round 3 with a 1-1 draw against Figuirense and Internacional and Palmeiras shared the spoils after an entertaining 2-2 draw.

The top two sides were two of the four sides to win their games. São Paulo kept their 100% record with a 3-1 win against Grêmio while Corinthians kept up the chase with a 2-0 win against Fluminense.

Botafogo climbed seven places with their 3-1 win against Coritiba and Atlético Goianense came back from a goal behind to record a resounding 4-1 win against Ceará.

Results/Highlights

11-06-11
Avaí	2-2	Américo Mineiro
Cruzeiro	1-1	Santos
São Paulo	3-1	Grêmio
Vasco da Gama	1-1	Figueirense
12-06-11
Bahia	1-1	Atlético Mineiro
Atlético Goianense	4-1	Ceará
Internacional	2-2	Palmeiras
Corinthians	2-0	Fluminense
Atlético Paranaense	1-1	Flamengo
Botofogo	3-1	Coritiba

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	12
2	Corinthians	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
3	Palmeiras	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8
4	Atlético Mineiro	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
5	Botafogo	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
6	Figueirense	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
7	Vasco da Gama	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
8	Flamengo	4	1	3	0	9	5	+4	6
9	Atlético Goianiense	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6
10	Grêmio	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
11	Fluminense	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	6
12	Internacional	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	5
13	Santos	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
14	Ceará	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
15	América Mineiro	4	1	1	2	6	10	−4	4
16	Coritiba	4	1	0	3	7	7	0	3
17	Bahia	4	0	2	2	5	8	−3	2
18	Cruzeiro	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2
19	Atlético Paranaense	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1
20	Avaí	4	0	1	3	4	12	−8	1

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Brasileirão Série A 2011 - round 3

Match reports

Avaí stayed bottom and pointless after their third thrashing 3-1 away at Santos. Atlético Paranaense are the only other team with no points and they also have yet to score a goal after they lost 1-0 away at Palmeiras who moved up into 3rd place.

São Paulo are the only team with a 100% record after they managed a 0-1 away win against Altético Miniero.

Aside from Palmeiras and São Paulo, Flamengo and Corinthians remained the only other unbeaten teams after they played out a 2-2 draw. Ceará and Botofogo also played out a 2-2 draw. Fluminense recovered from their poor start to their championship defence with a 2-1 win against Cruzeiro, who were still struggling and slipped into the relegation zone.

The surprise result of the round was Coritiba's 5-1 thrashing of Vasco da Gama.

Results/Highlights

04-06-11
Palmeiras	1-0	Atlético Paranaense
Ceará	2-2	Botafogo
Fluminense	2-1	Cruzeiro
Figueirense	2-0	Atlético Goianense
05-06-11
Coritiba	5-1	Vasco da Gama
Flamengo	1-1	Corinthians
Grêmio	2-0	Bahia
Santos	3-1	Avaí
América	2-4	Internacional
08-06-11
Atlético Mineiro	0-1	São Paulo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
2	Corinthians	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
3	Palmeiras	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
4	Atlético Mineiro	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
5	Grêmio	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
6	Figueirense	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
7	Fluminense	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
8	Vasco da Gama	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
9	Flamengo	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
10	Internacional	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
11	Santos	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
12	Botafogo	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
13	Ceará	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
14	Coritiba	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
15	Atlético Goianiense	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
16	América Mineiro	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
17	Bahia	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1
18	Cruzeiro	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
19	Atlético Paranaense	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0
20	Avaí	3	0	0	3	2	10	−9	0

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Brasileirão Série A 2011 - round 2

Match reports

On Saturday evening Copa Libertadores semi-finalists Santos suffered a 1-0 defeat at Botafogo, Internacional suffered a surprise 0-1 home defeat to Ceará, Avaí continued their shocking start to the campaign with a 1-3 home defeat to Atlético Mineiro who jumped to the top of the division where they were joined by São Paulo after they recorded a 1-0 win against Serie A new boys Figueirense.

The pick of the games on Sunday was the 3-3 draw between Bahia and Flamengo. Corinthians and Vasco da Gama went joint top with wins over Coritiba and América Miniero. Defending champions Fluminense bagged their first win of the campaign with a 0-1 away win at Atlético Goianense. Grêmio recovered from their opening day defeat with a 0-1 away win at Atlético Paranaense who remain pointless and second bottom of the table after Rafael Santos scored an unfortunate own goal to gift victory to their visitors. Cruzeiro continued their indifferent start to the season with a 1-1 home draw against Palmeiras.

Results/Highlights

21-05-11
Botafogo	1-0	Santos
Internacional	0-1	Ceará
Avaí	1-3	Atlético Mineiro
São Paulo	1-0	Figueirense
22-05-11
Corinthians	2-1	Coritiba
Bahia	3-3	Flamengo
Atlético Paranaense	0-1	Grêmio
Cruzeiro	1-1	Palmeiras
Vasco da Gama	3-0	Américo Mineiro
Atlético Goianense	0-1	Fluminense

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Mineiro	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
2	Vasco da Gama	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
3	São Paulo	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
4	Corinthians	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
5	Flamengo	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	4
6	Palmeiras	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
7	Grêmio	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
8	Atlético Goianiense	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
9	Botafogo	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
10	Figueirense	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
11	Ceará	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
12	Fluminense	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
13	América Mineiro	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
14	Santos	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
15	Internacional	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
16	Bahia	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
17	Cruzeiro	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
18	Coritiba	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
19	Atlético Paranaense	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
20	Avaí	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

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Brasileirão Série A 2011 - round 1

Match reports

Vanderlei Luxemburgo's Flamengo got off to a flying start to the 2011 Brasileirão Série A season with a 4-0 demolition of Avaí, Ronaldinho had a good game scoring the second goal and providing the assist for the fourth in his first Brazilian league game in nearly a decade. The other big winners were Atlético Mineiro who cruised to a 3-0 victory against Atlético Paranaense.

The only other side to hit more than two goals on the opening day were Vasco da Gama pulled off an impressive comeback to win 1-3 away at Ceará.

Figueirense made a decent return to the top flight with a 1-0 win against Cruzeiro, who have gone from the most eyecatching side in the group stages of Copa Libertadores 2011 to a team that have suffered three defeats in their last four matches. América Mineiro were the other top flight newboys to record a win beating fellow promotees Bahia 2-1. Coritiba did not enjoy their return to Serie A after suffering a 0-1 home defeat against Atlético Goianiense, the winner was a curious mix of route one football and neat interplay between the forward line.

2010 champions Fluminense suffered a 0-2 home defeat to São Paulo. 2010 runners-up Corinthians picked up three valuable points with a 1-2 away win at Grêmio, the hosts established the lead from the penalty spot but Corinthians equalised after an outrageous dive from Liédson who then scored the winner with an acrobatic finish from a flicked on long-throw.

Luiz Felipe Scolari's Palmeiras side won their opening game 1-0 against Botafogo thanks to a cracking second half goal from Kléber.


Santos and Internacional were the only sides to draw their game, Kerrison put the Copa Libertadores semi-finalists ahead from the penalty spot but Zé Roberto equalised a few minutes later to secure the 1-1 draw.

Results/Highlights

21-05-11
Atlético Mineiro	3-0	Atlético Paranaense
Ceará	1-3	Vasco da Gama
Flamengo	4-0	Avaí
Santos	1-1	Internacional
22-05-11
Palmeiras	1-0	Botafogo
Grêmio	1-2	Corinthians
Coritiba	0-1	Atlético Goianiense
Figueirense	1-0	Cruzeiro
Fluminense	0-2	São Paulo
América Mineiro	2-1	Bahia

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3
2	Atlético Mineiro	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Vasco da Gama	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
4	São Paulo	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	América Mineiro	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	Corinthians	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
7	Atlético Goianiense	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
8	Palmeiras	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
9	Figueirense	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
10	Santos	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
11	Internacional	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
12	Grêmio	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
13	Bahia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
14	Botafogo	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
15	Coritiba	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
16	Cruzeiro	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
17	Ceará	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
18	Fluminense	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
19	Atlético Paranaense	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0
20	Avaí	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0

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Highlights: Brasileirão Série A 2010 - round 38

Fluminense manager Muricy Ramalho celebrates his
fourth Brasileirão championship as a coach after
leading Fluminense to their first league title since 1984.

Fluminense became the 2010 Série A champions with a 1-0 win against already relegated Guaraní. It was only their second Brazilian league title, their only other championship campaign was back in 1984. The game was a tense affair settled with a scruffy goal from Emerson 16 minutes into the second half.

Cruzeiro did all they could, coming back from a goal down to beat Palmeiras 2-1 with an injury time winner in their final match, but they knew that they were relying on Guaraní to pull off a shock result that didn't happen and for Corinthians to drop points too. Corinthians did drop points in a 1-1 draw against relegated Goiás who were probably preoccupied with their midweek trip to Avellaneda to face Independiente in the 2nd leg of the 2010 Copa Sudamerica final but they claimed a draw thanks to a dreadful goalkeeping error from Corinthians' previously exceptional shot stopper Júlio César. Cruzeiro leapfrogged Corinthians into second place, finishing two points behind the champions.

Grêmio secured fourth place and the last Copa Libertadores qualification place with a thumping 3-0 win against their only rivals for the spot; Botafogo.They will be joined in the continent's premier club competition by the top three (Fluminense, Cruzeiro and Corinthians) the Copa Libertadores holders Internacional and Copa Brazil 2010 champions Santos.

The relegation battle also threw up a head-to-head encounter between the two relegation candidates, Vitória failed to capitalise on their home advantage, only earning a 0-0 draw with Atlético Goianiense who survived by the narrowest of margins.


The only team in the bottom half of the table to actually win were Vasco da Gama who beat Ceará to leapfrog them into 11th position.

Internacional finished off a brilliant year for the club with a 0-3 away win against bottom of the table and Serie B bound Grêmio Prudente. The reason the home team have been relegated was apparent in this game, both of Internacionals opening goals were headed in by completely unmarked players. Internacional's third goal was a cracking volley from Guiliano.


The three teams that ensured their survival last weekend all relaxed, Flamengo played out a tepid 0-0 draw with Santos, Atlético Mineiro were hammered 4-0 by São Paulo and Avaí also let their three game winning streak go with a 1-0 away defeat to Atlético Paranaense.

02-12-10
Grêmio Prudente	0-3	Internacional
05-12-10
São Paulo	4-0	Atlético Mineiro
Santos	0-0	Flamengo
Vasco da Gama	2-0	Ceará
Fluminense	1-0	Guarani
Cruzeiro	2-1	Palmeiras
Grêmio	3-0	Botafogo
Goiás	1-1	Corinthians
Vitória	0-0	Atlético Goianiense
Atlético Paranaense	1-0	Avaí

• Final standings.
• Top goalscorers

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Highlights: Brasileirão Série A 2010 - round 37

In the penultimate round of the Brazilian championship all three of the top teams managed to win meaning that any of them could win the championship next weekend. Leaders Fluminense managed a 1-2 away win against Palmeiras, coming from a goal down after a dreadful defensive error by Leandro Euzébio followed by a brilliant curling shot from Dinei. 2nd placed Corinthians won 2-0 at home against Vasco da Gama and 3rd placed Cruzeiro also came back from one goal down to win 1-2 away at Flamengo.

In the relegation struggle long time occupants of the relegation zone Atlético Mineiro secured their safety with a 3-1 win against relegated Goiás, a third consecutive win for the home team. Avaí also recorded their third consecutive win to ensure their safety, coming from two goals down to beat Santos 3-2 with a hat-trick from Caio. They move two points clear of the drop zone which is enough to secure their safety since the two teams below them play each other on the last day.

Guaraní were relegated after a 0-3 home capitulation against Grêmio, who still lead the chase for the last Copa Libertadores berth. Vitória occupy the last remaining relegation place although a 1-1 away draw against continental champions Internacional should not be scoffed at, they are behind Atlético Goianiense who drew 1-1 with São Paulo with yet another goal for Rogerio Ceni, São Paulo's world record highest scoring goalkeeper.

Atlético Goianiense and Vitoria are level on points and goal difference, only separated by goals scored the last round of fixtures will determine which of three teams will win the title and which of these two teams will suffer relegation to Serie B.

Grêmio are in the last remaining Copa Libertadores spot on 60 points, however Botafogo kept their hopes of pinching it on the last day of the season alive with a 3-1 win against bottom of the table Grêmio Prudente. Outsiders Atlético Paranaense are out of the race after they could only manage a 1-1 draw away at Ceará.

28-11-10
Corinthians	2-0	Vasco da Gama
Palmeiras	1-2	Fluminense
Flamengo	1-2	Cruzeiro
Botafogo	3-1	Grêmio Prudente
Guaraní	0-3	Grêmio
Atlético Mineiro	3-1	Goiás
Internacional	1-1	Vitória
Atlético Goianiense	1-1	São Paulo
Ceará	1-1	Atlético Paranaense
Avaí	3-2	Santos

How the league table looks after round 37.

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