Coritiba vs Chapecoense - prediction, team news, lineups

Coritiba and Chapecoense conscionable connected Sunday astatine Estadio Major Antonio Couto Pereira successful circular 22 of the Brasileiro. The lucifer features 2 clubs promoted unneurotic from Serie B successful 2025, but who present find themselves successful precise antithetic positions successful the apical formation of Brazilian football.

Coritiba beryllium 11th connected 27 points, 5 wide of the relegation zone, and are looking to capitalise connected location vantage to unafraid immoderate breathing country successful the table.

Chapecoense, by contrast, are bottommost of the array with 10 points from 20 rounds, sitting 12 points adrift of safety. Unlike the eventful 3-3 gully successful the archetypal meeting, a tighter, much tense matter decided by good margins is apt here.

Match preview

Coritiba participate circular 22 mid-table successful the Brasileiro standings but cannot spend immoderate complacency. Fernando Seabra’s broadside presumption the fixture against bottom-placed Chapecoense arsenic a important accidental to extremity their mediocre tally of signifier and springiness themselves immoderate breathing country successful the competition.

Recent results person lone accrued the pressure. Coritiba person not won successful 4 rounds - a tally that included 3 defeats and a draw, with conscionable 1 extremity scored and 7 conceded. In the 1-0 decision to Cruzeiro, the squad showed attacking intent with 19 shots but lacked the cutting borderline to person their beingness successful the last 3rd into clear-cut chances.

The occupation besides extends to their location performances. At Couto Pereira, Coritiba person 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, scoring lone 11 goals - the worst location attacking grounds successful Serie A. As such, their presumption arsenic favourites against Chapecoense should beryllium treated with caution.

To crook their vantage into points, Seabra indispensable springiness his broadside much fluidity successful the last third. The squad relies heavy connected Josue for creativity and volition request Lucas Ronier, Breno Lopes and Pedro Rocha to run person unneurotic to interruption down a defence apt to beryllium deep. Possession volition beryllium important, but converting territorial dominance into meaningful efforts connected extremity is crucial.

Chapecoense, meanwhile, get successful Curitiba successful a captious presumption successful the Brasileiro. After a 4-2 triumph implicit Santos connected the opening day, the nine went 19 rounds without a victory, collecting 7 draws and 12 defeats. Their presumption astatine the ft of the array is explained by problems astatine some ends of the pitch: conscionable 19 goals scored, and 41 conceded, the worst antiaircraft grounds successful the competition.

The 2-2 gully with Santos astatine Vila Belmiro provided a motion of resurgence. Despite constricted possession, Chapecoense managed to crook the crippled astir pursuing Rafael Lacerda's half-time adjustments, lone to concede a precocious equaliser. The show showed that the broadside stay susceptible of competing erstwhile they support things elemental - thing that could beryllium important successful Curitiba.

Elimination from the Copa bash Brasil, however, again exposed the squad's limitations. Against Cruzeiro, Max Alves's reddish paper aboriginal successful the archetypal fractional near Chapecoense pinned successful their ain half, nether changeless unit and conceding 29 shots connected goal. The carnal and affectional toll of that fixture could measurement heavy connected what follows.

The squad arrives successful Curitiba having faced Cruzeiro doubly successful 4 days, with conscionable 1 grooming league earlier the lucifer astatine Couto Pereira. Still without an distant triumph successful the Brasileiro, Chapecoense volition apt beryllium deep, effort to withstand Coritiba's aboriginal pressure, and exploit counter-attacking opportunities wherever possible.

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Team News

At Coritiba, goalkeeper Pedro Rangel suffered a sprain successful training, ruptured the meniscus successful his close genu and volition acquisition surgery. As a result, Pedro Morisco continues arsenic archetypal prime aft returning against Cruzeiro, pursuing 5 months retired with injury.

Fernando Seabra has nary suspended players for the fixture, though he, Jacy Maranhao and Josue are each 1 booking distant from suspension. In attack, the astir apt attack is to proceed with the portion built astir Lucas Ronier, Josue, Breno Lopes and Pedro Rocha, with Joaquin Lavega arsenic a substitute enactment to alteration the crippled successful the 2nd half.

Yannick Bolasie is the astir notable absentee for Chapecoense. The guardant suffered a pancreatic wounded successful a collision with Kaique Kenji successful the Copa bash Brasil archetypal limb and has nary instrumentality day set. Rafael Carvalheira, Joao Paulo, Mauricio Garcez, Victor Caetano and Robert Santos are besides successful the attraction country and stay unavailable.

Among caller arrivals, Bruno Tubarao has secured contiguous engagement astatine right-back, portion Tulio Eduardo made his debut against Cruzeiro and Uruguayan Franco Rossi was named among the substitutes and could beryllium an enactment for this fixture.

Coritiba imaginable starting lineup:

Morisco; Tinga, Maranhao, Coser, Melo; Santos, Gomez; Ronier, Josue, Lopes; Rocha

Chapecoense imaginable starting lineup:

Anderson; Tubarao, Doma, Thyere, Pacheco; Camilo, Max, Matias; Augusto, Marcinho, Tadeu

We say: Coritiba 1-0 Chapecoense

Coritiba should bask much territorial power but whitethorn conflict to crook that dominance into capable chances to physique a comfy lead. The astir apt script is simply a diligent match, with Coritiba gradually moving to find openings against a well-organised antiaircraft block.

Chapecoense volition look to support the scoreline level for arsenic agelong arsenic possible, minimising risks and looking to exploit isolated counter-attacking opportunities. Even so, their caller fatigue and attacking limitations volition marque that absorption hard to prolong until the last whistle.

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