In a weekend match in week 4, on Sunday May 1st, Corinthians hosts Fortaleza in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. 3rd placed Corinthians is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Palmeiras. Gustavo Gómez scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 14th minute, then Rony added another in the 19th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Corinthians couldn’t manage to score, and Palmeiras took the shutout win. Corinthians is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Fortaleza, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Vitória. Silvio Romero scored the first goal for Fortaleza in the 18th minute, then Silvio Romero added another in the 27th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitória couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Fortaleza is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Yago Pikachu and Silvio Romero each having 2 goals in their last 5. Corinthians’s most prolific scorer has been Róger Guedes. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.