Badly at home and demanding a better performance, Palmeiras will seek away from home the points they recently lost as hosts in the Brasileirão. This Saturday's opponent is Fluminense, at Maracanã. The ball rolls at 4:30 pm for the duel that opens the 23rd round of the competition. It will be the first game with the new refereeing rules approved by the clubs this week to combat wax and increase the ball's rolling time.
Palmeiras visits Fluminense at Maracanã and seeks to recover the points lost at home
Badly at home and demanding a better performance, Palmeiras will seek away from home the points they recently lost as hosts in the Brasileirão. This Saturday's opponent is Fluminense, at Maracanã. The ball rolls at 4:30 pm for the duel...
It will be the first game with the new refereeing rules approved by the clubs this week to combat wax and increase the ball's rolling time. Palmeiras have won just one of the last six games at home and have to recover the points they lost at Nubank Parque as a visitor.
- For the Brasileirão, in front of their fans, they lost to Atlético Mineiro and drew goalless with Inter.
- The difference in leadership fell from eight to six points in relation to Flamengo, the vice-leader.
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Palmeiras have won just one of the last six games at home and have to recover the points they lost at Nubank Parque as a visitor. For the Brasileirão, in front of their fans, they lost to Atlético Mineiro and drew goalless with Inter. The difference in leadership fell from eight to six points in relation to Flamengo, the vice-leader.
Palmeiras leads with 48 points and is the best visitor in the tournament. There are seven wins, three draws and only one defeat playing away from home, which generates a 72.73% success rate. The last three away matches ended with Palmeiras victories - over Flamengo, Coritiba and Vitória.
This positive journey as a visitor has been fundamental in keeping Palmeiras in the lead and with their second best campaign in the Brasileirão in the history of points scored (since 2003), despite recent stumbles at Nubank Parque.
These recent stumbles, especially the draw with Cerro Porteño at home, in the round of 16 of the Libertadores, added to the poor performance, with low offensive production, increased the pressure on the athletes and coach Abel Ferreira. The team has been wavering at the most important moment of the season and is playing to prevent the advantage it opened at the post from decreasing.
"We managed to have the ball well in the last few games, now we need to adjust the detail of being able to finish with a goal, finish", assessed attacking midfielder Allan, deployed as a winger in the last few matches. "I think that this time we have to recover and to be able to see what we did wrong in the games is important for us to improve during the championships. I think that by adjusting this detail the victories will start to come and we will be able to perform better in the games."
Abel said that he will not give up any of the three remaining competitions for Palmeiras, indicating that he should use his main players at Maracanã, even with the duel with Cerro Porteño, on Wednesday, in Paraguay, approaching. But physical issues may make it possible to preserve some holders. Defender Barboza, for example, suffered an injury to one of his feet, left the last match limping and is likely not to play in Rio.
Fluminense is fourth, with 35 points, and is going through its worst phase of the season. There are eight consecutive games without victory and elimination in the Copa do Brasil for rival Vasco in this period. This negative sequence brought down coach Luis Zubeldía. The club has once again temporarily turned to permanent assistant Marcão while it has not yet decided who the new coach will be.
TECHNICAL SHEET
FLUMINENSE
FLUMINENSE - Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Igor Rabello, Jemmes and Renê; Otávio, Hércules, Lucho Acosta and Savarino; Soteldo and Canobbio. Technician (assistant): Marcão.
PALMEIRAS - Carlos Miguel; Bruno Fuchs, Gustavo Gómez and Murilo; Allan, Marlon Freitas, Andreas Pereira and Piquerez; Arias, Flaco López and Vitor Roque. Coach: Abel Ferreira.
REFEREE - Anderson Daronco (RS).
TIME - 4:30 pm.
LOCATION - Maracanã, in Rio (RJ).
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