📊 Form Guide
Fortaleza DDDWWW 📈
Fortaleza, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-0 Serie A success vs Atlético Mineiro.
In that match, Fortaleza managed 34% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Fortaleza was Tomás Pochettino (41'). On the other side, Atletico Mineiro had 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
Fortaleza have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, although they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Fortaleza have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also scoring in 6 of those matches. That kind of trend isn’t assured to follow through into this next game, however.
A look at their previous results shows us that Fortaleza:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Corinthians in their last 6 games.
- are undefeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
Corinthians WLLWLD
In their previous game, Corinthians drew 2-2 in the Serie A match with Botafogo.
In that match, Corinthians had 61% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Corinthians, the goalscorers were Raniele (7') and Henrique (82'). For their opponents, Botafogo had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Cuiabano (60') and Jordan Barrera (66') scored for Botafogo.
Looking at their form, and Corinthians have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. At the back, Corinthians have seen their frailties exposed.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Corinthians:
- have not won against Fortaleza in away games against them for the last 5 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 04/10/2023, there has been little between the sides with Fortaleza winning 2 of those games, Corinthians 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.
10 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Fortaleza and 6 coming from Timão. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The previous league match between these sides was Serie A match day 18 on 03/08/2025 which ended up with the score at Corinthians 1-1 Fortaleza.
In that match, Corinthians managed 68% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was André Carrillo (94').
Fortaleza had 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Lopes (6') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Felipe Fernandes de Lima.
📰 Team News: Fortaleza
Lucca Prior (Inflammation of pubic bone), Rodrigo Santos (Hamstring injury), Bruno Pacheco (Broken hand), João Ricardo (Shoulder injury), Helton Leite (Lumbar vertebra problems) and Marinho (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Fortaleza boss Martín Palermo.
It seems likely that Fortaleza look set to opt for a 4-3-3 system this time and select Brenno Costa, Eros Mancuso, Emanuel Brítez, Gaston Avila, Diogo Barbosa, Pierre, Lucas Sasha, Tomas Pochettino, José Herrera, Adam Bareiro and Breno Lopes.
ℹ️ Team News: Corinthians
Corinthians boss Dorival Júnior has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Yuri Alberto (Groin problems) and Memphis Depay (Inflammation of ligaments in the knee) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
We reckon that Timão might elect for a 4-3-1-2 lineup, starting the game with Hugo Souza, Andre Ramalho, João Pedro Tchoca, Gustavo Henrique, Fabrizio Angileri, André Carrillo, André Luiz Santos, Raniele, Breno Bidon, Gui Negao and Dieguinho.
🔮 Prediction
We feel that in this game, Corinthians must be fancied to find the back of the net against this Fortaleza side, however it isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.
We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Fortaleza at the end of this one. Should be an interesting one.
Victor Martins, 21:08 03/12/2025