Vitoria vs Chapecoense - prediction, team news, lineups

Esporte Clube Vitoria big Associacao Chapecoense de Futebol successful the Brasileirao Serie A astatine the Barradao (Estadio Manoel Barradas) successful Salvador connected Wednesday.

Vitoria get successful 13th spot successful the Brasileiro Serie A table connected 33 points, 4 wide of Gremio successful the archetypal relegation-zone place, portion bottom-placed Chapecoense person 18 points from 27 games, 11 down Gremio, with 1 lucifer successful hand.

Match preview

Vitoria mislaid 3-1 astatine location to Cruzeiro connected September 20 aft Rene enactment them up earlier fractional time, with Keny Arroyo equalising wrong a infinitesimal of the restart earlier Lucas Villalba and Matheus Pereira completed the turnaround.

A week earlier they led 2-0 astatine Mirassol done Rene's treble wrong the opening 12 minutes, conceded doubly aft the interruption and drew 2-2 to a precocious Edson Carioca goal, truthful Jair Ventura's broadside person dropped 5 points from winning positions successful 2 matches.

Rene has scored successful each of Vitoria's past 3 league games, 4 goals successful total, starting with the second-half header from a country that bushed Gremio 1-0 astatine the Barradao connected September 7.

Vitoria had collected 25 points from their archetypal 11 location matches, the champion location triumph complaint successful the part astatine that stage, and they stay without an distant triumph successful the 2026 league season, with lone 5 points connected the road.

Before beating Gremio they had mislaid 4 successful a row, to Bahia and Atletico-MG successful the league and successful some legs of the Copa bash Brasil quarter-final against Vasco, and Ventura completed a twelvemonth successful complaint connected September 24.

Chapecoense are bottommost connected 18 points, and their 3rd league triumph of the season, a 2-1 comeback astatine Corinthians connected September 6 with some goals from Marcinho, the 2nd acceptable up by Yannick Bolasie, was besides their archetypal distant victory.

The effect did not go a run, due to the fact that Internacional won 2-1 astatine the Arena Conda connected September 12 contempt Mauricio Garcez's equaliser connected the changeable of fractional time, and centre-back Joao Paulo was sent off.

At Atletico-MG a week aboriginal Tulio Eduardo scored soon earlier fractional clip and Mateo Cassierra equalised successful the 2nd half, ending a 19-match scoring drought, with the hosts having much than 20 shots.

The defence is the problem, since Chapecoense person scored 29 and conceded 53 successful 27 league games, and they person conceded successful each 3 matches since September 6.

The sides drew 1-1 astatine the Arena Conda connected April 5, erstwhile Neto Pessoa headed Chapecoense successful beforehand precocious connected against 10 men and Matheuzinho equalised from a stoppage-time punishment aft Edenilson's first-half reddish card.

Head manager Rafael Lacerda was appointed connected May 30 aft Gilmar Dal Pozzo was sacked connected April 3 and Fabio Matias was dismissed successful precocious May, astatine a clip erstwhile the nine had not won successful the league since a 4-2 opening-day triumph implicit Santos

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Team News

Jair Ventura's broadside person a lengthy wounded list, with Gabriel Baralhas and Ramon ruled retired of the crippled aft continuing their betterment from musculus injuries.

Mateus Silva, who suffered a thigh occupation against Cruzeiro, besides remains unavailable contempt returning to controlled grooming during the planetary break.

Camutanga has made further advancement aft undergoing country connected his near foot, the defender began different signifier of his on-field modulation enactment connected Monday, but helium has not yet been cleared for shot enactment oregon competitory action.

Walace has besides been moving his mode backmost from a musculus injury.

Chapecoense volition get successful Salvador with Bruno Tubarao disposable again aft recovering from his thigh injury, however, Dudu is expected to clasp his spot astatine right-back aft making a affirmative content successful the 1-1 gully against Atletico-MG.

Heitor, Rafael Carvalheira, Max Alves, Vinicius Balieiro and Robert stay among the players who person been unavailable done injury.

Joao Paulo has completed his suspension pursuing the reddish paper helium received against Internacional and is disposable again.

Vitoria imaginable starting lineup:

Arcanjo; Mateusinho, Caca, Candido, Jamerson; Goncalves, Martinez; Erick, Matheuzinho, Tarzia; Rene

Chapecoense imaginable starting lineup:

Anderson; Dudu, Faria, Doma, Pacheco; Camilo, Felipe; Marcinho, Augusto, Garcez; Eduardo

We say: Vitoria 2-1 Chapecoense

Chapecoense are weakest successful the country wherever Vitoria are strongest, due to the fact that the visitors person conceded successful each crippled since September 6 and 53 times successful 27 league games, truthful a depleted Vitoria built astir Rene's finishing should make capable to people doubly astatine the Barradao.

Chapecoense volition find a goal, since they person scored successful each of their past 3 league games and Vitoria person surrendered leads successful their past two, but the visitors person 1 distant triumph each play and Vitoria's 28 location points suggest the hosts volition support a pb amended than they did against Cruzeiro.

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