📋 Coritiba and Cruzeiro set for BR-2026 clash | OneFootball

It’s a Brasileirão-2026 night at Couto Pereira this Thursday (30). 

Coritiba and Cruzeiro will face off starting at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time). 

The match is valid for the 21st round of the competition. 

Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (RJ) will referee the match. 

SporTV and Premiere will broadcast it. 

Standings situation 📊

Coxa are coming off three rounds without a win. They sit 10th with 27 points.

The mission is to improve their performance in front of their home crowd.

They have three wins, three draws and three losses.

Raposa, meanwhile, have the same number of points but are 11th.  They are looking to bounce back after the defeat to Botafogo at Mineirão. 

They have three wins, two draws and four losses. 

Coritiba 🟢⚪

Pedro Morisco is back in goal after a dislocated right shoulder that resulted in surgery. 

He had already been named on the bench.

Captain Sebastián Gómez also returns after going through concussion protocol.

Vini Paulista, his replacement in the last round, is suspended.

The doubt at left-back was between Bruno Melo and Felipe Jonathan.

Cruzeiro 🦊

Arthur Jorge once again has the trio of Gerson, Matheus Pereira and Kaique Kenji available after they served suspensions.

But Sinisterra has been diagnosed with an injury, and Wanderson was not called up as he is expected to leave the club.

Fagner, the suspended player this time, is also out. 

Néiser Villarreal was already unavailable and had surgery confirmed this Thursday. 

Felipe Morais gets a valuable chance in the starting XI. 

Photo: Mariana Toneti | Coritiba

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