Fluminense vs Coritiba - prediction, team news, lineups

The conflict for continental qualification successful the 2026 Brasileiro play takes centre signifier connected Friday greeting arsenic Fluminense invited Coritiba to Estadio bash Maracana successful gameweek 29.

Both sides settled for a constituent successful April’s reverse fixture, which ended 1-1 and marked their archetypal gathering successful 2 and a fractional years.

Match preview

After a seven-game winless tally betwixt July 18 and August 11, Fluminense parted ways with Luis Zubeldia, ending his 11-month tenure. The determination to name long-serving adjunct manager Marcao has since proven to beryllium a masterstroke.

Marcao began his tenure with a thrilling 3-2 triumph implicit Palmeiras, acknowledgment to precocious goals from Kevin Serna and Germano Cano. That effect sparked an upturn successful form, with Fluminense winning six of their past 9 matches successful each competitions (D1, L2), astir precocious defeating Corinthians 3-1.

As a result, Po de Arroz person climbed to 4th successful the Brasileiro table and secured a spot successful the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, wherever they volition look Palmeiras aboriginal this period for a spot successful the November 28 final.

For now, though, Fluminense volition person their sights acceptable connected maximum points against Coritiba, and their location grounds successful this fixture makes for bully reading, with the hosts unbeaten successful 10 consecutive matches (W6, D4) dating backmost to October 2011.

While a rubric situation appears retired of scope fixed their existent 12-point shortage to Flamengo, who they look next, Fluminense person a genuine accidental to leapfrog Athletico Paranaense into third, which would people their highest league decorativeness since 2022.

Back successful the apical formation aft a two-year lack acknowledgment to their 2025 Serie B triumph, Coritiba person adapted reasonably good to beingness successful the Brasileiro, though they entered the planetary interruption connected shaky ground.

Fernando Seabra’s broadside endured a 5-0 thrashing astatine the hands of Vasco da Gama past clip retired - their heaviest decision of the play and their 2nd nonaccomplishment successful 3 matches, with a 3-3 gully against Athletico sandwiched successful between.

Prior to that setback, Os Glorioso had enjoyed a four-game unbeaten run, collecting 10 points from a imaginable 12 and concisely putting themselves successful Copa Libertadores contention. However, Coritiba person present slipped to ninth successful the array and look acceptable to vie for a Copa Sudamericana spot astatine best.

To crook things around, they indispensable code their antiaircraft vulnerabilities, having failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past 8 matches crossed each competitions and conceded 43 league goals, which are the astir of immoderate broadside successful the apical 11.

An distant fixture against the squad with the second-best location grounds successful the part presents a stern challenge, particularly arsenic Coritiba person won conscionable 1 of their past 5 distant games and shipped 5 goals connected their astir caller trip, underlining the standard of the task ahead.

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Team News

Nonato and Agustin Cannobio are suspended, with the latter’s lack paving the mode for Yeferson Soteldo to instrumentality to the Fluminense starting XI aft missing retired against Corinthians.

John Kennedy and Matheus Reis stay sidelined with genu injuries, portion Alisson (hip) and German Cano (hamstring) are besides ruled out.

Twenty-nine-year-old defender Ignacio has missed his side’s past 4 matches, but is present nearing a instrumentality to action.

Ex-Fluminense antheral Keno volition miss the accidental to look his erstwhile nine arsenic helium remains sidelined with a genu injury, alongside Lucas Ronier.

Brian Ocampo (ankle) has not featured since aboriginal August and is improbable to instrumentality successful clip for Friday’s clash.

Brazilian duo Jacy and Tinga implicit the visitors’ database of absentees, with Jacy acceptable to miss a 2nd consecutive crippled aft 11 consecutive starts.

Fluminense imaginable starting lineup:

Fabio; Xavier, Silva, Diaz, Rene; Hercules, Martinelli; Serna, Acosta, Soteldo; Hulk

Coritiba imaginable starting lineup:

Morisco; Melo, Moledo, Coser, Tissi; Gomez, Santos; Lopes, Josue, Fabinho; Rocha

We say: Fluminense 3-1 Coritiba

Fluminense clasp the precocious manus heading into this contention and volition beryllium expected to dictate proceedings.

Marcao’s men person won 10 of their 14 location league matches this season, truthful we are backing them to unafraid a convincing victory.

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