Corinthians vs Fortaleza Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Corinthians

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Corinthians are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-2 Copa do Brasil triumph against América RN.

In that game, Corinthians had 67% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Corinthians, the scorers were Breno Bidon (30') and Cacá (63'). At the other end, América RN got 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Norberto (13') scored for América RN.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Corinthians have been involved. In terms of the goal split in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 and Corinthians totted up 4. That trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, of course.

Their previous form shows that Corinthians:

• have not beaten Fortaleza in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Fortaleza

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In their last game, Fortaleza drew 0-0 in the Copa do Brasil tie with Vasco da Gama.

In that game, Fortaleza had 61% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. At the other end, Vasco da Gama got 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

During their 6 most recent matches, Juan Vojvoda's Fortaleza have turned their attacks into goals a total of 13 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 2.17.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 01/05/2022 shows that Corinthians have won 1 of these games & Fortaleza 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

An aggregate of 11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from Timão and 7 belonging to Fortaleza. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

📋 Team News: Corinthians

Paulinho (Torn knee ligaments) and Ruan Oliveira (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Corinthians manager António Oliveira.

It looks as if Timão may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Carlos Miguel, Fagner, Felix Torres, Cacá, Hugo, Raniele, Breno Bidon, Wesley Gassova, Rodrigo Garro, Angel Romero and Yuri Alberto.

🗞️ Team News: Fortaleza

Owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Fortaleza manager Juan Vojvoda does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.

We’re of the thinking that Fortaleza might play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting João Ricardo, Tinga, Emanuel Brítez, Titi, Felipe Jonatan, Pedro Augusto, Hércules, Marinho, Tomas Pochettino, Imanol Machuca and Juan Martin Lucero.

🔮 Prediction

Fortaleza will have to perform well to score against this Corinthians team who will likely just have the edge.

We’re therefore expecting a 1-0 winning margin for Corinthians at the end of the 90.

We’ll see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 12:11 03/05/2024