Coritiba and Atlético-MG meet on Sunday at 16:00 Brasília time at Couto Pereira in Curitiba in a 12th-round Brasileirão match that arrives with both sides looking for a cleaner answer to their recent form. Globo will show the game only in Minas Gerais, except Juiz de Fora, while Premiere will also carry it, and ge will follow every moment in real time.
Coritiba gets there after three straight draws, including a 2-2 tie with Botafogo, and has gone four matches without a win since a 1-0 away victory over Mirassol about a month ago. The club has 16 points and sits in the middle of the table. Atlético-MG comes in with 14 points after beating Juventud of Uruguay 2-1 in the Copa Sul-Americana, but the performance did not fully convince, and its league record away from home remains thin: one win in six Brasileirão road matches.
The lineups add another layer to the match. Coritiba is expected to have Maicon back in the center of defense after he trained in recent days following muscle discomfort, while Jacy is also in line to start there. Wallisson is suspended after his third yellow card, and Keno, Pedro Morisco and Rodrigo Rodrigues are all out. Atlético-MG is missing Patrick, Índio and Alan Minda because of injuries, though Hulk is expected to return to the starting side. Preciado is a new option and is battling Natanael for the right-back role, with Alan Franco another candidate there after being used out of position in the previous match.
Fernando Antônio Mendes de Salles Nascimento Filho will referee the game, with Rafael da Silva Alves and Acácio Menezes Leão as assistants, Leonardo Willers Lorenzatto as fourth official and Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda on VAR. For both teams, the table leaves little margin: Coritiba is trying to turn draws into something more, while Atlético-MG still has to show that a win in midweek can travel with it to Curitiba.
