Week 22 of the Campeonato Brasileiro featured a Paulista rivalry with 1st place on the line. The game featured Palmeiras' coach Muricy Ramalho facing his old team and CSKA Moscow & new Palmeiras loanee forward Wagner Love in the stands. Palmeiras traveled to the Morumbi to face São Paulo FC and played to a 0-0 draw. The teams' goalkeepers Palmeiras' Marcos & São Paulo's Rogerio Ceni made big saves to ensure a split of the points.

The other Top 5 matchup featured 2nd place Goiás traveling Porto Alegre to face 5th place Internacional. O Colorado Gaucho waxed Goiás 4-0 at Beira-Rio. Inter was without their top scorer Alecsandro and they still got goals from 4 different players as Marquinhos, Pablo Guiñazú, and Kléber scored their 1st goals of the season. The win moved Inter into 3rd place and snapped their 3-game winless streak.

Náutico climbed out of the relegation zone with a big 3-0 home win against Atlético Paranaense. The Recife side scored 3 goals in 16 minutes to finish Paranaense early. Náutico have won 4 of their last 6 matches to climb out of the relegation zone.

Here are the results and standings from Rodada 22:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26

Gremio Barueri 2 - 2 Corinthians
BAR: Flavinho (1') & Val Baiano (62')
COR: Marcinho(pen 52') & Elias (57')

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

Náutico 3 - 0 Atletico Paranaense
NAU: Carlinhos Bala (32'), Michel (37'), Derley (45'+3')

Flamengo 3 - 0 Santo André
FLA: Denis Marques (8'), Leonardo Moura (pen 45'+4'), Zé Roberto (90'+6')

Coritiba 2 - 0 Avaí
COR: Marcelinho Paraíba (20') & Pereira (47')

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

Atlético MG 1 - 1 Sport
AMG: Renan Oliveira (76')
SPO: Juan Carlos Arce (46')

Santos 2 - 0 Fluminense
SAN: Andre Felipe (44') & Paulo Henrique (74')

São Paulo 0 - 0 Palmeiras

Vitória 3 - 3 Cruzeiro
VIT: Roger (66' & 88')& Ramon (85')
CRZ: Gilberto (3' & pen 64') & Thiago Ribeiro (76')

Botafogo 3 - 3 Gremio
BOT: Reinaldo (19'), Victor Simoes (46'), Leandro Guerreiro (88')
GRE: Jonas (23' & 57'), Souza (72')

Internacional 4 - 0 Goiás
INT: Marquinhos (5'), Pablo Guiñazú (15'), Giuliano (51'), Kléber (79')

STANDINGS