Corinthians and RB Bragantino face each other this Monday, at 21:30 (Brasília time), at Neo Química Arena, for the 24th round of the Brazilian Championship.
Timão goes to the field after a tie in the first leg of the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil, against Fluminense, at Maracanã. In the Brasileirão, however, he hasn’t won for three rounds. Vítor Pereira wants to rediscover the path of victories to remain at the top of the table. The team is in fourth place with 39 points.
With a full week ahead, Vítor Pereira can afford to repeat some names in the starting lineup, also because of the possible absences. The coach should take to the field a team with players like Renato Augusto, Róger Guedes and Yuri Alberto, the new ideal trio of Timão.
Bruno Méndez and Lucas Piton are two certainties in the defense, which still has two doubts: between Fagner and Rafael Ramos on the right side and between Gil and Balbuena in the defense. Mateus Vital and Ramiro are options in midfield, as Giuliano tends to be absent.
There are three games without a win, Bragantino seeks to end the fast to try to get closer to the teams in the classification zone for Libertadores. Massa Bruta has 31 points, in 11th place.
Coach Maurício Barbieri does not have forward Helinho available, suspended for the third yellow card. It is likely that Sorriso or Carlos Eduardo will play on the left side of the attack. Striker Alerrandro, who suffered an injury to his left hamstring on July 20, has recovered and is now in the line-up again.
Corinthians X RB Bragantino Retrospect
Previously, teams measured forces 57 times. In this way, Corinthians won 26 matches while RB Bragantino won 11 times. In addition, 20 draws were recorded. Namely, Timão scored 88 goals and Massa Bruta scored 52 times.
Goals Scored: Under 2.5
The match must not be full of goals. In this sense, seven of the last nine games of Corinthians had less than 2.5 goals. In addition, in direct confrontations between the teams, it is common for few goals to be scored.
Both Teams Score: No
In addition, only one team must score in the match, since, due to the low number of goals, the probability of only one team scoring goals increases.
Last 5 matches
In the last five matches, Corinthians had three defeats, one draw and only one victory. In this sense, they lost to Flamengo, by Libertadores, by 1 x 0, and to Palmeiras, by the minimum score, in the Brasileirão. Subsequently, he thrashed Atlético-GO, 4 x 1, for the Copa do Brasil, before succumbing to Fortaleza, 1 x 0. Finally, he drew, 2 x 2, with Fluminense, also for the Copa do Brasil.
RB Bragantino had the same performance in the last five games. However, unlike Timão, Massa Bruta only plays the Brasileirão. Thus, they lost to Fluminense, by 2 x 1, and beat Juventude, by 1 x 0. Later, they were defeated by Atlético-GO, by 2 x 1, and by São Paulo, by 3 x 0. Finally, they tied with Ceará, by 1 x 1.
