Vasco da Gama vs Athletico Paranaense - prediction, team news, lineups

This Sunday, May 10, Vasco da Gama invited Athletico Paranaense to Sao Januario successful Rio de Janeiro for a Brasileirao circular 15 clash that pits unneurotic 2 teams experiencing contrasting fortunes successful the competition.

Vasco caput into the brushwood searching for greater consistency aft a hard series of league results near them successful the little fractional of the array and nether increasing unit to present successful beforehand of their location supporters, though caller affirmative performances successful the Copa Sudamericana person helped reconstruct immoderate assurance wrong the squad.

Athletico Paranaense, connected the different hand, get successful a acold much comfy presumption successful the standings, opening the circular wrong the apical fractional and inactive harbouring ambitions of pushing person to the apical four, portion contempt travelling without respective cardinal players, the Furacao stay assured of taking points distant from location acknowledgment to their antiaircraft organisation and beardown wide campaign.

Match preview

Under Odair Hellmann, Athletico Paranaense person enactment unneurotic 1 of the astir accordant campaigns successful the Brasileirao, sitting 5th successful the array with 23 points from 14 matches aft signaling 7 victories, portion besides boasting 1 of the division’s strongest antiaircraft records with lone 15 goals conceded.

The Furacao strengthened their presumption with a 3-1 triumph implicit Vitoria successful the 13th round, a lucifer successful which Kevin Viveros scored twice, but their momentum suffered a setback successful the pursuing circular aft a frustrating goalless gully against Gremio astatine the Arena da Baixada.

That effect came astatine a dense outgo for the Parana side, arsenic starring scorer Viveros, close winger Benavidez, near winger Esquivel and caput manager Odair Hellmann were each suspended, forcing adjunct manager Fabio Moreno to instrumentality complaint from the touchline astatine Sao Januario, portion the lack of Viveros — liable for 40 per cent of Athletico’s league goals with 8 strikes — represents the biggest stroke to the visitors.

Athletico’s difficulties are further highlighted by their mediocre distant form, with the nine failing to triumph connected the roadworthy successful the Brasileirao since defeating Internacional successful the opening round, leaving them connected a five-match winless streak distant from home, and contempt the absences of respective cardinal figures, Moreno is expected to clasp the team’s acquainted 3-4-3 system.

Historically, Vasco da Gama clasp the vantage successful this fixture, winning 24 of the 56 meetings betwixt the 2 sides compared to Athletico’s 18 victories, portion 14 matches person ended level, though their astir caller Brasileirao gathering successful May 2024 saw Athletico unafraid a 1-0 triumph astatine the Ligga Arena, and different triumph present would support unit connected Sao Paulo successful the contention for a Copa Libertadores place.

Vasco, meanwhile, statesman the 15th circular successful 13th spot with 17 points from 14 matches aft registering 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats, a instrumentality that leaves Renato Gaucho’s broadside lone 2 points wide of the relegation portion contempt scoring 20 league goals this season.

Their inconsistency has been peculiarly evident distant from home, wherever Vasco stay without a triumph successful six league matches, and their past 2 Brasileirao outings summed up their campaign, opening with a decision to Corinthians astatine Itaquera contempt playing astir of the 2nd fractional with a numerical vantage earlier a melodramatic 2-2 gully against Flamengo astatine the Maracana successful which Hugo Moura rescued a constituent with a diving header heavy into stoppage clip aft Vasco had trailed 2-0.

While Vasco’s league signifier continues to fluctuate, Renato Gaucho’s squad rotation strategy has brought occurrence successful the Copa Sudamericana, wherever the nine pb Group G aft a commanding 3-0 location triumph and an awesome comeback triumph distant to Audax Italiano successful Chile.

At Sao Januario, Vasco traditionally bask beardown signifier against Athletico Paranaense, having won 16 of their 25 location meetings portion drafting 7 and losing lone twice, and with respective rested players returning aft the Copa Sudamericana fixtures, the passionate location enactment is expected to play a decisive relation arsenic Vasco pursuit a triumph that would determination them further distant from information successful the little fractional of the table.

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Team News

Athletico Paranaense question to Sao Januario with 5 confirmed absentees, including Brasileirao apical scorer Kevin Viveros, whose 8 league goals relationship for 40 per cent of the club’s full successful the competition, portion close winger Benavidez is besides suspended done yellow-card accumulation, Lucas Esquivel misses retired aft being sent disconnected against Gremio, and Julimar alongside Jadson stay sidelined done injury.

The visitors volition besides beryllium without caput manager Odair Hellmann, who serves a touchline suspension aft receiving his 3rd yellowish paper of the campaign, meaning adjunct manager Fabio Moreno volition pb the broadside from the dugout.

While the absences of Viveros, Esquivel and Benavidez are expected to unit adjustments wrong the attacking setup contempt Athletico maintaining their preferred 3-4-3 formation, with Joao Cruz, Bruninho and Renan Peixoto apt to signifier the beforehand line.

Renato Gaucho is besides dealing with enactment problems up of the clash astatine Sao Januario, arsenic Vasco da Gama volition beryllium without 4 confirmed players, including suspended duo Paulo Henrique and Cauan Barros pursuing the gully with Flamengo, portion Jair and Mateus Carvalho proceed their betterment from injury.

Vasco’s changes are already opening to instrumentality shape, with Puma Rodriguez acceptable to regenerate Paulo Henrique astatine close backmost and Hugo Moura — scorer of the melodramatic equaliser successful the derby against Flamengo — expected to fortify the midfield, portion astatine near back, Cuiabano has recovered from a thigh occupation and is competing with Lucas Piton, who started the Copa Sudamericana lucifer against Audax Italiano successful Chile.

Vasco da Gama imaginable starting lineup:

Jardim; Rodriguez, Cuesta, Renan, Cuiabano; Moura, Mendes; Rojas, Gomez, David; Spinelli

Athletico Paranaense imaginable starting lineup:

Santos; Dias, Teran, Aguirre; Gilberto, Portilla, Gustavo, Mendoza; Bruninho, Cruz, Peixoto

We say: Vasco da Gama 2-1 Athletico Paranaense

Vasco get for the fixture successful encouraging signifier pursuing consecutive Copa Sudamericana victories — a 3-0 triumph implicit Olimpia and a 2-1 comeback triumph distant to Audax Italiano — performances that person highlighted the increasing power of players specified arsenic Spinelli and Matheus Franca, portion the ambiance astatine Sao Januario is expected to further boost the location side’s momentum.

For Athletico Paranaense, however, the situation becomes importantly much hard without suspended striker Kevin Viveros, whose goals person been cardinal to their beardown league campaign, and with the visitors already struggling distant from the Arena da Baixada this season, Vasco look good positioned to instrumentality vantage and borderline a intimately contested encounter.

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