Corinthians take on the visitors Santos in the round of 16 match of Copa do Brasil. The match will be played on Thursday, June 23rd at Neo Quimica Arena (Sao Paulo).
Corinthians are one of the best representatives of Brazilian football. However, recent years weren’t great and the 5th place at the end of the Brazilian Championship 2021 was already quite a worthy result. But they clearly wanted more, and before the new season they invited, as it is now fashionable in the country, the Portuguese - Vitor Pereira. Not everything started to turn out right away, but in general, now the “timau” look quite solid. They advanced to the playoffs of the Copa Libertadores, and, most importantly, show fairly confident results in Serie A. After defeating Goias in the last round, Corinthians have 25 points - the same as the leader, Palmeiras who played 1 match less, 12 against 13.
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Santos haven't shown anything notable for a long time. So it was in 2021, with the final result in the form of a place in the end of the top ten. Now there seems to be a new mentor, the Argentinean Fabian Bustos, and there are good intermediate results in the form of an unbeaten run of 5 matches. But, firstly, there were too many draws there. Secondly, it also causes rather mediocre performance in the form of points. In the Copa Sudamericana, they still managed to grind out the 1st place - according to additional indicators, it was possible to bypass Union La Calera. But in the championship, after 13 rounds, only 18 points are collected. This is the same as Fluminense, who closes the top 6, and Red Bull Bragantino, who are on 10th place.
In the last 12 head-to-head matches, the clubs show equal statistics: 4 wins each. This spring, in the Paulista championship, Santos took a strong-willed victory due to Marcos Leonardo's double. Bookmakers consider the host to be the clear favorite of the confrontation. "Corinthians" is now clearly stronger, and will not repeat the misfires of the previous duel - we bet on the "timau" home victory.
Prediction for the match: Corinthians to win.
