Corinthians and Vasco meet on Sunday at 16h, Brasília time, in the 13ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, with the match set for Neo Química Arena and broadcast by TV Globo and Premiere. ge will follow every play in real time.
For Corinthians, the game arrives with real urgency. Fernando Diniz has a long list of absences and must make new structural changes to the starting team, while the club has not won in Série A since February 19 and entered the relegation zone after collecting 12 points in 12 rounds. One option is Raniele moving to right back in place of Matheuzinho, with Pedro Milans not yet a consensus choice at CT Joaquim Grava. In attack, Jesse Lingard is the tendency to start in Memphis Depay’s place, and Kaio César or Vitinho could also get a chance.
Vasco arrives in better shape. The team beat São Paulo in the last round of the Brasileirão and then defeated Paysandu on Tuesday in the first leg of the fifth phase of the Copa do Brasil. Since Renato Gaúcho took over, Vasco have had a G-4 performance in the league and have lost only one of eight matches, a run that has steadied the side even as Jair and Mateus Carvalho remain out with knee injuries. Alan Saldivia is back after suspension and is expected to partner Robert Renan at center back, while Thiago Mendes trained normally in Vasco’s final session at CT Moacyr Barbosa and was released by the medical department after being a doubt because of pain in his left thigh.
The meeting pits a Corinthians side searching for a reset against a Vasco team that has found rhythm under Renato. For Diniz, the pressure is immediate: stop the slide at home or watch the standings become even harder to manage.
