Corinthians will battle with RB Bragantino this weekend in the Brazilian Serie A in a battle at the Neo Química Arena with the eight points separating the two sides before this battle in Sao Paulo.
Corinthians are heading into this game having experienced one of their worst starts to a Serie A season in recent years. They did, however, defeat Santos a few weeks back after Yuri Alberto and Ruan de Oliveira Ferreira scored in the first half.
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Before that, the club went on a lengthy winless run in the league and they lost to Athletico-PR to send them down into 15th in the league table with 11 goals scored and 16 goals let in. It also leaves them just one point above the relegation zone and five adrift of the continental spots in Brazil's top flight.
Last time out during the week, Corinthians did make easy work of Liverpool in the Copa Libertadores, as they saw Matheus Araujo, Felipe Augusto and Adson all score a foal each in a comfortable win. The club also had eight shots on target that day and saw 64% of the ball.
This win wasn't enough to get them into the next round of the Copa Libertadores, however, as they trailed second spot by four points. Corinthians did finish third, and it now leaves them in the Copa Sudamericana group stage.
Prior to their win over Santos, Corinthians defeated Fluminense 2-0 and saw defeats come against America-MG, Flamengo and Botafogo, while also drawing with Cuiaba and Sao Paulo.
As for Bragantino, they are in seventh and only adrift of the Copa Libertadores qualifying spots on the head-to-head record, as their goals difference is far superior to most having scored 21 goals and let in 14.
Bragantino have won five games and lost only twice so far, which is the same number of defeats the league leaders, Botafogo. They also won last time out against Goias with goals from Eduardo Sasha and Sorriso in the first half.
The club also beat Flamengo 4-0 after a brace from Henry Mosquera and a finish each from Alerrando and Eduardo Santos. As well as this, Bragantino beat Tacuary 7-1 after Eduardo Sash scored a hat-trick alongside a brace from Sorriso and a goal each from Thiago Borbas and Lucas Evangelista.
Forebet predicts a draw in this game and for the game to see under 2.5 goals with Corinthians, at the very least, looking good at home this season.