Derby Day. Corinthians and Palmeiras will face each other on Saturday night, at 7 pm (Brasilia time), at Neo Química Arena, for the 22nd round of the Brazilian Championship. Timão occupies the vice-leadership, with 39 points, while Verdão is the isolated leader, with 45.
Without Willian, who terminated his contract with Timão, Vítor Pereira has almost the entire squad at his disposal, but he is also thinking about the decision for the Copa do Brasil next week, against Atlético-GO. With that, the Portuguese coach must change the lineup for the classic. In defense, Bruno Méndez has the possibility of staying in the team, which can also have a duo formed by Balbuena and Gil.
In the middle, Cantillo, who did not play last Tuesday, should play alongside Roni and Renato Augusto, if the midfielder has conditions. In attack, Róger Guedes can have a free path to play where he likes, on the left wing. Yuri Alberto and Gustavo Mosquito, who did not play the 90 minutes at Maracanã, tend to complete the attack.
For the Brasileirão, Corinthians did not lose the last 10 games in their stadium. At home there are some frequent scorers: at half-time 1‑0 (4 out of 10 games) and 0‑0 (4 out of 10 games) and at the end of the match 1‑0 (4 out of 10 games). The offense has scored regularly, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 10 matches for the competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 21 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only turned the score around in 1.
Palmeiras should have changes in the starting lineup for this Saturday’s Derby in relation to the team that drew with Atlético-MG on Wednesday. Gustavo Scarpa, who posted on a social network in the medical department, did not participate in Friday’s training. For the vacancy, Abel Ferreira has the option of climbing López, and thus moving Rony to the right side, or making room for Wesley.
