Corinthians name XI to face Chapecoense in Itaquera, Brasileirão | OneFootball

On the night of this Sunday (6), Corinthians host Chapecoense at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at Neo Química Arena, in a match valid for the 26th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. Currently, the club from Parque São Jorge sits in 11th place in the national tournament with 32 points — eight wins, eight draws, and nine defeats — with 26 goals scored and 25 conceded.

The Corinthians coaching staff has the following absences for the match against the Santa Catarina side, which is bottom of this edition of the Brasileirão: goalkeeper Hugo Souza (suspended), center-backs Gabriel Paulista (suspended) and André Ramalho (partial work with the group after a bout of labyrinthitis), defensive midfielders Raniele (suspended) and André Luiz (still recovering from a grade 2 injury to the back muscle of his right thigh), attacking midfielders Vitinho (in physical transition, in the final stage of recovery from surgery on the meniscus of his left knee) and Zakaria Labyad (recovering from surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee), as well as forwards Kayke Ferrari (recovering from surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee) and Yuri Alberto (still being treated for a grade 2 injury to the back muscle of his right thigh; he will also miss the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinal against Estudiantes).

Photo: Gustavo Vasco/Agência Corinthians

With that, coach Fernando Diniz named the following lineup to start the match: Kauê Camargo, Matheuzinho, João Pedro Tchoca, Gustavo Henrique and Matheus Bidu; Allan, André Carrillo, Breno Bidon and Rodrigo Garro; Kaio César and Memphis Depay.

The bench options are: Felipe Longo, Iago Machado, Hugo Farias, Fabrizio Angileri, Pedro Milans, Charles, Alex Santana, Matheus Pereira, Dieguinho, Jesse Lingard, Gui Negão and Pedro Raul.

If the club from Parque São Jorge secures the win, it will reclaim 10th place in the national competition, currently held by São Paulo with 33 points. The Morumbi side beat Atlético-MG on the night of last Saturday (5), 2-0, and moved ahead of Corinthians in the standings. Tonight, Timão tries to avoid its worst losing streak in the competition in 19 years and seeks to avoid extending a run of negative home results in the tournament.

After hosting Chapecoense at home in the Brazilian Championship, Corinthians will turn their attention back to the Conmebol Libertadores. That is because next Wednesday (9), at 9:30 p.m., Timão will visit Argentina’s Estudiantes at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, known as UNO, for the first leg of the international tournament’s quarterfinals. The return leg will be on the 16th, one week later, at the same time, at Neo Química Arena. Between the two matches, Alvinegro will also visit Flamengo next Sunday (13), at 4 p.m., at the Maracanã, for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.