In this week 2 match on Apr 16th, Avaí and Corinthians will play a match in São Paulo in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Corinthians, recorded a 3-1 win against Botafogo. Paulinho scored the first goal for Corinthians in the 17th minute, then added another in the 26th minute. Corinthians is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Avaí, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against América Mineiro. Raniele struck first for Avaí in the 53rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, América Mineiro couldn’t muster any offence and Avaí ran away with the shutout win. Avaí is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Renato and Muriqui have been the hottest scorers for Avaí in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Corinthians hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Róger Guedes and Fábio Santos, and they each have 1 goal.