In this week 11 match on the 12th of June, Coritiba will play host to Palmeiras in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Coritiba sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Ceará. Stiven Mendoza struck first for Ceará in the 37th minute on a feed from Bruno de Jesus Pacheco, then Adrián Martínez tied it up for Coritiba in the 86th minute earning Coritiba a comeback draw. Coritiba is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Palmeiras is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Atlético Mineiro. Neither Palmeiras nor Atlético Mineiro could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Palmeiras should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Raphael Veiga and Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira have been the hottest scorers for Palmeiras in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Coritiba is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Andriy Sakhnevych and Igor Paixão each only have 1 goal in their last five.