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Corinthians

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Corinthians, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-0 Serie A victory over Atlético Goianiense.

In that match, Corinthians managed 61% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Corinthians, the goals were scored by Ángel Romero (45', 55') and Rodrigo Garro (83'). For their opponents, Atletico Goianiense got 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Corinthians haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They have managed to rack up 12 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. That sort of pattern might not follow through here, though.

Fortaleza

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Fortaleza come into this encounter after a 4-1 Serie A win over Bahia in their most recent match.

In that match, Fortaleza managed 37% possession and 11 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Fortaleza, the scorers were Marinho (28', 37'), Tomás Pochettino (80') and Renato Kayzer (89'). Bahia got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Everaldo (30') scored for Bahia.

Looking at their form, and Fortaleza have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in total. Defensively, Fortaleza have not been doing too well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 27/09/2023 tells us that Corinthians have won 1 of them and Fortaleza 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined total of 7 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them from Timão and 4 created by Fortaleza. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

🗞️ Team News: Corinthians

Ruan Oliveira (Cruciate ligament injury), Alex Santana (Hamstring injury), Maycon (Cruciate ligament injury), Diego Palacios (Arthroscopy) and Raniele (Adductor injury) will be missing for Corinthians manager Ramón Díaz.

We think that Timão may well make use of the 4-3-1-2 formation in the match and select Hugo Nogueira, Matheuzinho, Andre Ramalho Silva, Felix Torres, Hugo Farias, Andre Carrillo, Jose Andres Martinez, Breno Bidon, Igor Coronado, Yuri Alberto and Angel Romero.

🗞️ Team News: Fortaleza

Fortaleza boss Juan Vojvoda has some current player fitness concerns. Bruno Pacheco (Tendonitis), Moisés (Thigh problems) and Santos (Thigh problems) can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that Fortaleza seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Joao Ricardo, Tinga, Emanuel Britez, Tomas Cardona, Felipe Jonatan, Jose Welison, Pedro Augusto, Marinho, Tomas Pochettino, Leandro Martinez and Renato Kayzer.

✨ Prediction

It seems to us that Fortaleza and Corinthians are both capable of scoring here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:36 25/09/2024