In a weekend match on Sunday Nov 28th, in week 36, Athletico PR will travel to São Paulo to battle Corinthians in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. 4th placed Corinthians is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Santos. Jô struck first for Corinthians in the 47th minute, then Gabriel Girotto added another in the 85th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santos couldn’t manage to score, and Corinthians took the shutout win. Corinthians is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while athletico PR sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Atlético Mineiro. Matías Zaracho struck first for Atlético Mineiro in the 45th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Athletico PR was frustrated by Atlético Mineiro’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Atlético Mineiro ended the match with the shutout victory. Athletico PR looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Aug 22nd, Athletico PR hosted Corinthians at the Arena De Baixada in their last match together. Corinthians took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Medeiros de Moura scored the first goal for Corinthians in the 55th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Athletico PR couldn’t muster any offence and Corinthians ran away with the shutout win.
Renato Kayzer has been the most effective weapon for Athletico PR lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Victor Cantillo and Róger Guedes are the top scorers for Corinthians in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.