How Coritiba are shaping up to face Corinthians in the Brasileirão | OneFootball

On Sunday night (23), Corinthians visit Coritiba at Couto Pereira Stadium in a match valid for the 24th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. The club from Parque São Jorge currently sits in ninth place with 32 points — eight wins, eight draws, and seven losses — with 25 goals scored and 22 conceded. Click here to check the teams’ head-to-head record at the match venue.

But do you know how the opponent comes into this match? Central do Timão breaks it down. Coritiba returned to the Brazilian Championship Série A this year, three years after being relegated in 2023, and are having a solid campaign. The team coached by Fernando Seabra is in 10th place with 31 points — eight wins, seven draws, and eight losses, with 28 goals scored and 30 conceded. The Paraná side drew their last league match 1-1 against São Paulo at Morumbis on the night of last Saturday (15).

Photo: JP Pacheco/Coritiba

Coxa’s main standouts this season are forward Breno Lopes, formerly of Palmeiras, who is the team’s top scorer in the league with eight goals, and midfielder Josué, a Portuguese player who has eight assists in the national competition and is the tournament’s second-best provider, behind only Palmeiras midfielder Andreas Pereira, who has 10.

Josué, in fact, returns to the pitch for this match against Corinthians after missing the last game against São Paulo with a muscle problem. On the other hand, Coxa are expected to have the following absences against Timão: Lucas Ronier (ACL injury in the left knee); Pedro Rangel (meniscus surgery on the right knee); Tinga (muscle injury in the left thigh); Brian Ocampo (sprained right ankle).

With that, according to ge.globo, Coritiba could start the match against Corinthians with the following lineup: Pedro Morisco; JP Chermont, Tiago Cóser, Jacy and Bruno Melo; Thiago Santos, Sebastián Gómez and Josué; Lavega, Breno Lopes and Pedro Rocha.

Poor recent numbers

Despite putting together a positive Brazilian Championship campaign, since the return from the World Cup break, Coritiba have won just one match: a 2-1 home victory over Chapecoense, the bottom side in the tournament, on August 8. In the other matches, they were beaten by Palmeiras (H – 1-3) and Cruzeiro (H – 0-1), and drew with Red Bull Bragantino (H – 0-0) and São Paulo (A – 1-1).

Playing at home in the Brasileirão, Coritiba have four wins, three draws, and four losses, making them the fourth-worst home side in the competition. In this category, Coxa have a better record only than Chapecoense (eight points), Internacional (14 points), and Remo (14 points).

Former club curse

On Coritiba’s side, the only candidate for the former club curse is left-back Bruno Melo, who wore the Corinthians shirt in 2022 on a one-season loan from Fortaleza. In total, he made just 13 appearances for Corinthians (eight as a starter), with four wins, five draws, and four losses — a 43.6% success rate. He scored no goals and provided no assists. In 2023, he returned to Fortaleza after Alvinegro decided not to keep the player.

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