Mirassol vs Corinthians - prediction, team news, lineups

On Sunday, May 3, Mirassol volition big Corinthians astatine the Estadio Campos Maia successful a 14th-round Campeonato Brasileiro fixture, with some sides positioned successful the little fractional of the array and anxious to amended their lasting arsenic the lucifer concludes different circular of the nationalist competition.

Mirassol person returned to winning ways aft antecedently securing their lone triumph connected the opening matchday of the play and are besides enjoying a affirmative tally successful the Copa Libertadores, portion Corinthians, overmuch similar their hosts, had gone without a triumph since February 19 earlier ending that drought with a triumph past weekend.

Match preview

On Wednesday, April 29, Mirassol defeated Always Ready 2-0 astatine the Maiao successful the Copa Libertadores, with goals from Eduardo and Alesson, and contempt being reduced to 10 men pursuing the dismissal of centre-back Joao Victor, they held steadfast to spot retired the effect until the last whistle.

The triumph moved them onto six points successful the group, level with LDU and Lanús but inactive successful 3rd spot owed to an inferior extremity difference, leaving them extracurricular the nonstop qualification spots.

The opposition successful Mirassol’s performances successful 2026 has been striking, arsenic they boast a cleanable location grounds successful the Copa Libertadores with 3 wins from 3 matches, portion their Brasileirao run paints a acold bleaker picture, with the broadside sitting 18th connected conscionable 9 points from 12 games, having recorded 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats, including a caller 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Sao Paulo.

In the nationalist championship, their signifier has been peculiarly poor, with 4 defeats successful their past 5 matches and nary cleanable sheets recorded truthful far, highlighting that their affirmative Libertadores displays person not translated into home success.

Another cardinal origin has been the value of the opening goal, arsenic Mirassol thin to triumph the bulk of their location matches erstwhile they people first, but conflict importantly erstwhile they autumn behind, making the archetypal extremity perchance decisive against a Corinthians broadside known for its antiaircraft solidity.

Corinthians, meanwhile, secured a 2-0 triumph implicit Penarol astatine the Neo Quimica Arena connected Thursday, April 30, successful the 3rd circular of the Copa Libertadores, with goals from Gustavo Henrique and Jesse Lingard.

That effect maintained their cleanable grounds successful the competition, leaving them apical of Group E with 9 points from 3 wins, six goals scored and nary conceded.

Their erstwhile Sunday’s triumph implicit Vasco ended a adjacent two-month hold for a league triumph and lifted them from 17th to 14th successful the table, moving them retired of the relegation zone.

Under Fernando Diniz, Corinthians person achieved an unprecedented level of antiaircraft consistency astatine the club, keeping a cleanable expanse successful each lucifer since his appointment, with a tally of 7 games yielding 5 wins and 2 draws arsenic they stay unbeaten and defensively resolute, adjacent erstwhile reduced to 10 men.

Diniz has explained that this antiaircraft spot begins from the front, with attackers pressing aggressively and contributing to antiaircraft duties from the outset, marking a displacement from his erstwhile estimation for overseeing attack-minded teams that were often susceptible astatine the back.

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Team News

Mirassol caput into the lucifer with 2 wounded absentees, arsenic Igor Carius and Negueba stay sidelined, leaving Rafael Guanaes with an astir afloat squad to take from for this important location fixture.

However, their attacking struggles persist, with conscionable 3 goals scored successful their past 5 matches and a nonaccomplishment to find the nett against Sao Paulo, placing overmuch of the originative load connected Reinaldo, though the team’s wide output inactive falls abbreviated of their much productive Copa Libertadores location displays.

Corinthians, by contrast, get with respective absentees, chiefly owed to suspension, arsenic Gustavo Henrique and Carrillo are unavailable aft accumulating yellowish cards, portion Andre misses retired pursuing a reddish paper successful the past round, and Memphis Depay, Charles, Hugo, Tchoca, Kayke and Gui Negao each stay sidelined done injury.

They are boosted, however, by the instrumentality of goalkeeper Hugo Souza and full-back Matheuzinho from suspension, portion Andre Ramalho is expected to measurement successful astatine centre-back and the midfield volition beryllium reshaped with Raniele and Breno Bidon, allowing Rodrigo Garro to run successful a much precocious originative role, a cardinal constituent successful a broadside that has recorded 7 consecutive cleanable sheets.

Mirassol imaginable starting lineup:

Walter; Formiga, Victor, Machado, Reinaldo; Moura, Aldo, Eduardo; Shaylon, Alesson, Luis

Corinthians imaginable starting lineup:

Souza; Matheuzinho, Paulista, Ramalho, Bidu; Raniele, Bidon; Garro; Lingard, Vitinho; Alberto

We say: Mirassol 1-1 Corinthians

Mirassol participate the fixture buoyed by their Copa Libertadores triumph implicit Always Ready but proceed to endure a hard Brasileirao campaign, with conscionable 1 triumph successful 8 rounds, though their beardown location signifier offers encouragement and should supply other information successful beforehand of their supporters.

Corinthians, meanwhile, are enjoying their champion spell nether Fernando Diniz, remaining unbeaten successful their past six matches and maintaining a cleanable grounds successful the Copa Libertadores, with their antiaircraft solidity lasting out, though the carnal demands of playing a 3rd lucifer successful nether 10 days could instrumentality a toll, making a gully the astir apt result betwixt a determined location broadside and a technically beardown but perchance fatigued visiting team.

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