📋 Palmeiras named to pull clear at the top; Athletico eye the top four | OneFootball

Palmeiras and Athletico-PR face off this Sunday (19), at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Allianz Parque, in the 12th round of the 2026 Brasileirão.

Verdão leads the league with 26 points (six more than Flamengo, Fluminense, São Paulo, and Bahia).

Furacão, meanwhile, sits in sixth place with 19 points and wants a win to break into the top four.

Compared to the last match (a 2-0 win over Chapecoense), coach Odair Hellmann chose to start Terán and Jadson in place of Gilberto and Julimar, respectively, for Athletico-PR.

Palmeiras, meanwhile, comes off a 2-1 win over Sporting Cristal in the Libertadores, and coach Abel Ferreira — who will not be on the touchline because he is suspended by the STJD — chose to field Arthur and Emiliano Martínez in place of Khellven and Marlon Freitas, respectively.

📋 Check out Athletico-PR's lineup

📋 Check out Palmeiras' lineup

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