Corinthians will want to return to their winning ways in the Compeonato Brasileiro Serie A this weekend when they host Juventude at Neo Química Arena. Match day schedules for June 11, 2022 at 22:30 EAT.
The home team is placed second in the league standings with 18 points to their name, just a point shy of the table leaders Palmeiras. Corinthians has established themselves as the side to beat in Brazil’s Serie A going Unbeaten in eight of their opening 10 matches in the campaign. In the last 12 matches, they’ve failed to score in just two games, but they’ve scored more than a goal in just three of the 12.
Corinthians will be hoping for better results coming off 1-0 Serie A defeat to Cuiabá in their most recent encounter. In that game, Corinthians managed 61% possession and 11 shots with four of them on target. Cuiabá got 11 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Uendel (36′).
In contrary, Juventude has not been able to enjoy a similarly impressive start in their campaign this season; they sit inside the relegation zone with 10 points after the first 10 rounds of fixtures. Coming into this game, they have two wins in 12 matches across all competitions and so far they are the poorest defensively in the league, having let in 17 goals in 10 matches.
Juventude will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one following on 3-1 Serie A defeat to Atletico PR in their last outing. In that game, Juventude managed 55% possession, 18 shots with four of them on target and a goal Jádson (38′). Atletico PR got seven shots with six on target and goals by Pablo (45′), David Terans (63′) and Vitor Bueno (96′).
Corinthians vs. Juventude head to head
These two sides have 13 head to head encounters against each other since 2003. Juventude has won five times, Corinthians four matches and four matches also ended in draws.
- Juventude RS 1-0 Corinthians 10/12/21
- Corinthians 1-1 Juventude 08/09/21
- Juventude 1-2 Corinthians 13/11/08
- Corinthians 2-0 Juventude 06/08/08
- Juventude 2-2 Corinthians 19/08/07
Home
- Cuiaba 1-0 Corinthians
- Goianiense GO 0-1 Corinthians
- Corinthians 1-1 America FC MG
- Corinthians 1-1 Always Ready
- Corinthians 1-1 Sao Paulo
Away
- Juventude 1-3 Paranaense
- Juventude 1-0 Fluminense
- Fortaleza 1-1 Juventude RS
- Juventude 0-3 Palmeiras
- Avai 1-2 Juventude
Corinthians team news
Luan, Joao Victor, Willian and Maycon are all absent for this weekend’s fixture as they recover from injuries. Rodrigo Soares and William Matheus will also sit out of this game through suspension.
Juventude team news
uilherme Parede and Felipe Alves will be unavailable for this game through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Corinthians has been impressive at home recently with the side currently undefeated in their last 16 home league matches while Juventude hasn’t beaten Corinthians in games played away from home for the previous four matches in the league.
- Corinthians Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
