Barueri 3-1 Coritiba
Palmeiras 4-1 Náutico
Cruzeiro 0-3 Atlético Mineiro
Grêmio 3-0 Corinthians
São Paulo 2-2 Flamengo
Atlético Paranaense 3-2 Internacional
Sport Recife 1-0 Goiás
Fluminense 0-1 Santo André
Vitória 6-2 Santos
Arguably the biggest game of the weekend away from the derby in Belo Horizonte was the clash between the two bottom clubs Avaí and Botafogo. It was the Rio club who came away with three valuable points after Juninho's free kick went straight through the Avaí wall before Renato doubled the lead just before half time. Marquinhos pulled a goal back for Avaí 10 minutes into the second half but 'Fogo survived some hair raising moments to pick up a valuable win. Barueri put a halt to Coritiba's rise up the table with a 3-1 victory. Val Baiano opened the scoring from the spot with 3 minutes on the clock and Fernandhino doubled the lead at the second attempt on the quarter hour. Cleiton's own goal with 8 minutes left after some poor goalkeeping summed up Coritiba's night before Carlinhos Paraiba grabbed scant consolation in the last minute for the visitors with the goal of the night. Náutico fall down the table continued as they lost their 5th straight game in a 4-1 humping at Palmeiras. If this game had taken place in Europe it would have been called off, there were puddles on the pitch and the rain continued to fall during the game. Maurico Ramos put the home side ahead before Willians Santana doubled the lead. Márcio Barros got Náutico back in the game just past the hour but Pablo Armero and Pierre wrapped things up for the Big Green.
On Sunday it was the big derby in Belo Horizonte and with Cruzeiro having one eye on Wednesday night's second leg in the Libertadores it was Atlético-MG who took the honours to climb back to the top of the table. Sensational start to the game as Cruzeiro's Ze Carlos was sent off in the first minute for an elbow. Junior and Alessandro put Atlético-MG two up at half time before Éder Luís ensured bragging rights with a third two minutes from time. Corinthians busy couple of weeks caught up with them as they were defeated 3-0 by Grêmio. All the goals coming in the first half from Alex Miniero, Jonas and Rafael Marques whilst Jean was dismissed for Corinthians. Champions São Paulo still can't find their form as they came from behind to draw 2-2 with Flamengo. The visitors were ahead through Gonzalo Fierro after a goalkeeping error. Borges equalised for São Paulo before Adriano restored Flamengo's lead from the spot. São Paulo's Renato Silva was then sent off on the stroke of half time but the 10 men salvaged a point thanks to a penalty from Jorge Wágner. Internacional surrendered top spot after defeat by Atlético-PR. The midweek trip to Quito hadn't seem to affected them when Nilmar put the Inter ahead with a deflected shot after 9 minutes. Marchino header Atlético-PR level on the half hour before putting them ahead from the spot on the hour. Wesley extended the lead for Atlético-PR before Alecsandro made an interesting last couple of minutes but the home side held on. Sport climbed out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 victory over Goiás. Fabiano Pereira with the only goal of the game from the penalty spot after 17 minutes. Santo André's promising start to life in the top flight continuned with a 1-0 at Fluminense. Again the Maracanã was unavailable and a Wellington Monteiro own goal after 3 minutes was enough to hand Santo André the points at the Engenhão. And the most goals of the weekend came at Vitória as the home side humped an out of sorts Santos 6-2. The home side were four up within half an hour through a brace from Roger, William and Victor Ramos. Santos pulled it back to 4-2 through a penalty from Kléber Pereira and Paulo Lima before the icing was applied for Vitória by Leandro Domingues and Jackson.
Also there is a midweek round this week due to take place on Wednesday and Thursday. The fixtures are
Goiás x Avaí
Coritiba x Grêmio
Santo André x Atlético Paranaense
Santos x Barueri
Internacional x Fluminense
Flamengo x Palmeiras
Atlético Mineiro x São Paulo
Botafogo x Cruzeiro
Corinthians x Sport Recife
Náutico x Vitória
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