Seeking to continue outside the relegation zone, Sport receives Coritiba this Sunday, October 29. It will be the first red-black match after the dismissal of coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo. The game is part of the schedule of the thirty-first round of the Brazilian Championship, the match will be held on the Island of Retiro from 18h (Brasília time, 17h local time).
Sport’s recent performance
The red-blacks had to split during the week between two competitions. On the night of Thursday, October 26, they opened the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana against Junior Barranquilla. The 2-0 defeat at home caused the dismissal of coach Vanderley Luxemburgo, who after 34 games in charge left the job with a 40.1 per cent advantage.
The results below the expected, of course, had influence in the decision of the dispensers to dispense the technician. But that was not all. Luxembourg entered a collision course with some players and, as a drop of water, underestimated the dispute of the South American Cup coming to announce that intended to put a reserve team on the field to face the Junior. It ended up being ‘framed’ by the direction and sent the field the best players that had available in a competition that has been considered a priority by the top men.
Daniel Paulista, who is a permanent technical auxiliary, takes over the position on an interim basis, as he has done on previous occasions. At first, it should remain at the post until the end of the year, however, if the results do not improve and the situation in the fight against relegation gets complicated, a new change is not ruled out. Because the new commander will not have much time for training. In addition to the game this Sunday, will have the match back from Sula, next Thursday, November 2, which involves a long trip to Colombia.
Who can not act on Thursday was the Rithely flyer. Due to sprained right ankle, he was vetoed by the medical department. It’s still doubtful for Sunday’s match. It will have to go through a new evaluation that will determine the possibility of its use.
If it receives the red signal, it will not be the only low. The right-back Silver and midfielder Wesley are also out. Complaining of muscle aches should only once again be among those listed in the match against Chapecoense scheduled for November 5.
With 35 points (nine wins, eight draws and 13 losses), Sport began the day’s competition for number 31 in 15th place with two points ahead of Vitória, seventeenth and first in the relegation zone.
Recent homemade performance has been problematic. In the last five matches in the capital of Pernambuco, Sport did not achieve a victory. It was four draws and one defeat. It is only the fourteenth best entrant of the Brasileirão.
The current form of Coritiba
Although he has had the week off for preparation, the Thigh situation is worse. With 32 points (eight wins, eight draws and 14 losses), he is in the 19th position. Although he can draw the score with Sport in case of victory, this will not be enough for him to win the position of the Pernambucans.
In the tiebreaker criteria, there would be a draw in the number of wins (nine), but the alvverde would still need to discount the disadvantage in the goal balance. The Paraná have ten negative goals against the deficit of seven of the Pernambucans. Thus, in order to be passed, you need a success with at least two goals of advantage.
A boost in this fight to get out of the relegation zone, which involves still cheering against the closest rivals, Coritiba may be able to count on the return of center-forward Kléber the Gladiator. He was left out of most of the club’s matches at the 2017 Brasileirão. He was suspended for 15 matches after a three-game aggression against Bahia and then suffered a serious knee injury.
It is in the final phase of recovery and there is a possibility that it will be related to face rubro-negro from Pernambuco, even if it does not start the game as a starter. Kleber has not played since the twenty-third round when he injured in the classic against Atletico-PR, which ended tied for 1 to 1.
History of the bouts between Sport and Coritiba
Sport won 11 of 29 matches against Coritiba in the history of Brasileirão. Thigh accumulated nine successes, even number of equalities. In the first round of 2017, the Pernambucans scored 3-0 in the capital of Parana.
PREDICTION: DRAW @ 3.20
