Brasileirão round 13, battle for G4 and to avoid the drop

Brasileirão round 13, battle for G4 and to avoid the drop

After the midweek break for the matches of the 5th round of the Betano Copa do Brasil, the 2026 Betano Brasileirão is back this weekend for the 13th round, with four matches on Saturday the 25th and another six on Sunday the 26th.

To open the round on Saturday, there will be three matches at 6:30 p.m.: Botafogo vs. Internacional at Mané Garrincha, Bahia vs. Santos at Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova, and Remo vs. Cruzeiro at Baenão. In Rio, Alvinegro, coming off a 4-1 away thrashing of Chapecoense, will host Inter, who lost at home to Mirassol in the last round. As the home side, Fogão is coming off three straight Brasileirão wins over the team from Rio Grande do Sul. Meanwhile, in Salvador, Bahia and Santos will face off in a historic clash that decided the Taça Brasil three times: 1959 — won by Tricolor — and 1961 and 1963 — won by Peixe. In the last match there, in 2025, Bahia won 2-0.

Also at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Remo will host Cruzeiro at Baenão. In Brasileirão history, the team from Pará has the edge over Raposa with 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss (in 1979). Their last meeting was in 1994, when Remo thrashed Cruzeiro 5-1 at Mineirão.

Still on Saturday, but at 9 p.m., São Paulo will face Mirassol as the home side at Brinco de Ouro in Campinas, the stadium where Tricolor won the 1986 Brasileirão over Guarani. São Paulo has played there as the home team only once, in 2024, when it beat Vasco 3-0. Mirassol, meanwhile, is unbeaten against the team from the capital in the Brasileirão. In 2025, it won both matches: 2-0 away and 3-0 at home.

On Sunday, at 4 p.m., Corinthians and Vasco, who played in the last Copa do Brasil final, will meet at Neo Química Arena. In São Paulo, Timão has not lost to its Rio rival in the Brasileirão since 2007, with 10 wins and 2 draws. Also at 4 p.m., Grêmio and Coritiba will play in Porto Alegre. Tricolor Gaúcho has not lost to Coxa in Série A since 2016 — 5 wins and 1 draw. At home, it has won the last four matches.

At 6:30 p.m., leaders Palmeiras travel to Bragança Paulista to face Red Bull Bragantino. In 2025, Verdão won the last meeting 2-1. Also at 6:30 p.m., Athletico-PR hosts Vitória at Arena da Baixada, where the team from Bahia got the better of them in 2025: 2-1.