SAO PAULO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Former Manchester City striker Jo struck his sixth goal of the campaign as Corinthians rose to fourth in Brazil's Serie A standings on Tuesday with a 3-1 home victory over 10-man Bahia.
Gilberto Souza put the visitors ahead by converting a 33rd-minute penalty after he was brought down by Lucas Piton.
But the momentum of the match took an abrupt turn just before halftime when Lucas Araujo was shown a second yellow card for a hand ball in the penalty area.
Roger Guedes converted the resultant spot-kick, marking his fourth goal in six outings since joining Corinthians from Shandong Luneng in August.
Victor Cantillo gave the Sao Paulo outfit the lead with a header just after the restart following Fagner's cross.
Corinthians heaped further misery on Bahia when half-time substitute Jo hammered home a close-range finish after Mateus Claus made a clumsy attempt to save Gabriel Pereira's speculative long-range attempt.
Corinthians has not lost in 10 league matches dating back to August 1 and is now just two points behind second-placed Palmeiras, who has two games in hand. Bahia is 17th with 23 points as many games. Enditem
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