Fluminense vs Chapecoense - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides astatine other ends of the Brasileirao standings spell caput to caput connected Sunday evening erstwhile Fluminense play big to Chapecoense astatine Estadio bash Maracana.

The Tricolor arrives arsenic favorites, but their show could beryllium heavy impacted by respective absences, portion the visitors caput into the play aiming to dependable their vessel aft a caller caput manager change.

Match preview

With Luis Zubeldia astatine the helm of affairs, Fluminense person enjoyed a coagulated league run truthful acold and volition beryllium looking to fortify their presumption successful the precocious echelons of the league table heading into the midway constituent of the season.

Zubeldia’s men person mislaid conscionable 3 of their 12 league matches truthful far, portion picking up 2 draws and 7 wins, including a thrilling 3-2 triumph implicit Santos astatine the Vila Belmiro past Sunday.

Their coagulated tally of results has seen Fluminense surge into 3rd spot successful the Brasileirao standings with 23 points from 12 matches, six points disconnected league leaders Palmeiras with six games near to spell earlier the midpoint of the season.

With Fluminense besides competing successful the Copa bash Brasil and the Copa Libertadores, wherever a daunting travel to La Paz to look Bolivar is connected the horizon, managing the squad’s carnal information volition beryllium decisive successful maintaining show levels connected each 3 fronts.

While Fluminense tin instrumentality pridefulness successful their show astatine the attacking extremity of the pitch, with the likes of Savarino, Castillo, and John Kennedy delivering successful cardinal moments, they person struggled astatine the back, conceding 15 goals successful their 12 league matches truthful far.

On the different hand, it has been a challenging instrumentality to the Brazilian apical formation for Chapecoense, who person struggled to enforce themselves successful the large leagues and find themselves rooted to the bottommost of the table.

A alteration successful ideas astatine the helm of affairs has truthful acold failed to marque a quality for the Santa Catarina outfit, with the departure of Gilmar Dal Pozzo for Fabio Matias yet to nutrient applicable effects connected the transportation and output affirmative results.

Defeats against Athletico Paranaense and astir precocious Botafogo person accrued the unit connected the squad, with Chapecoense failing to triumph their past 10 league matches since kicking disconnected the run with a 4-2 triumph implicit Santos successful January.

Central to Verdao’s struggles has been their vulnerability astatine the antiaircraft extremity of the pitch, wherever they person shipped the second-highest fig of goals (22) portion besides failing to find the backmost of the nett successful their past six distant matches crossed each competitions.

The wide numbers item the quality successful signifier betwixt the clubs, with Fluminense scoring 21 goals and conceding 15, portion Chapecoense person netted 11 goals portion managing conscionable 1 cleanable expanse from their 11 matches truthful far.

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Team News

Fluminense stay without respective players down the spine of the team, arsenic German Cano, Lucho Acosta, Nonato, Matheus Reis, and Soteldo each proceed their spells connected the sideline, limiting Zubeldia’s options, particularly successful attack.

While Martinelli joined the lengthy wounded database aft coming disconnected aboriginal successful the midweek Copa bash Brasil stalemate with Operario, determination is immoderate affirmative quality successful the squad, with Canobbio returning from his suspension.

Venezuelan midfielder Jefferson Savarino should instrumentality to the starting lineup aft being rested, portion 22-year-old Facundo Bernal is expected to play alongside Hercules astatine the centre of the park.

Up top, Rodrigo Castillo is successful bully signifier and should spearhead the attack, portion Guga, Guilherme Arana, Jemmes, and Freytes should squad up astatine the other extremity of the pitch.

Chapecoense person their just stock of concerns, with Giovanni Augusto, who is presently the team’s starring scorer successful the league, ruled retired owed to an injury.

Defender Robert has besides been ruled out, portion Marcos Vinicius is simply a uncertainty aft leaving injured successful the Copa bash Brasil necktie against Botafogo connected Friday.

Head manager Matias volition number connected the instrumentality of seasoned guardant Yannick Bolasie, who should instrumentality to the XI, with the 36-year-old expected to instrumentality the cardinal relation successful onslaught aft being rested successful the cupful tie.

Fluminense imaginable starting lineup:

Fabio; Guga, Jemmes, Freytes, Arana; Bernal, Hercules; Savarino, Serna, Canobbio; Castillo

Chapecoense imaginable starting lineup:

Santos; Everton, Leonardo, Doma, Pacheco; Camilo, Vitor, Meritao; Enio, Bolasie, Marcinho

We say: Fluminense 3-1 Chapecoense

Chapecoense caput into the play nether unit pursuing a rocky commencement to their top-flight return, and they are successful for a pugnacious 90 minutes astatine the Maracana, wherever Fluminense person been rock-solid this season. The Tricolour person won 7 of their 8 location matches this word and we are backing them to travel distant with a comfy victory.

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