After a bad phase of 4 games without a victory, Coritiba enters this game very pressured to win since he is the leader of the competition and is only 2 points ahead of the vice leader Botafogo and 4 points ahead of the 5th place CRB. They need an urgent victory here otherwise the team could jeopardize their place in the Brazilian football elite.

They showed a very regular and efficient performance so far, however, in the last 4 games some problems appeared and they couldn't come out with a victory. In this game they will face an opponent who is also in a bad phase, registering 4 consecutive defeats away from home. In addition, at home Coritiba usually presents good results since it is the 4th best homemaker of the competition, there were 3 wins in the last 5 games at home.

Sampaio has very few chances of getting a place in the Brazilian football elite since he is in 10th place with 40 points, 10 behind the 4th place Avai.

The visiting coach must make 4 changes for this game since defending Alyson is suspended, striker Ciel is suspended as well and besides them the coach plans to change 2 midfielders.

Coritiba has the perfect chance here to return to winning ways since he continues to show a regular performance on the field and faces a very fragile opponent today with 2 important absentees and a team changed by the coach and which are not good changes in my opinion. Coritiba should win today.

My probable score here is 2-1 2-0

Marco Antonio,

GL!