📋 Fluminense and Coritiba line-ups confirmed at the Maracanã

Fluminense and Coritiba face off at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Thursday (8).

The match is part of the competition's 29th round.

Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (PE) will referee the match.

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TV Globo and Premiere will broadcast it.

League standings 📊

The Tricolor currently sit fifth with 48 points.

They boast the second-best away points percentage.

Coxa, meanwhile, are looking to bounce back after picking up just one point in their last three matches.

They sit ninth with 38 points.

Their strength is their solid away form: they have the sixth-best record on the road.

Marcão is without several players.

Nonato and Canobbio are serving suspensions.

Renê has been rested after experiencing ankle pain.

Soteldo is recovering from fatigue. And Riquelme is injured.

Martinelli is in the starting XI after playing for Brazil.

Several players are one booking away from suspension ahead of next round's Fla-Flu derby: Ganso, Arana, Hulk, Martinelli, Otávio, Savarino, Castillo, Freytes and Samuel Xavier.

Coritiba 🟢⚪

Fernando Seabra welcomes back Tinga and Jacy, who had been recovering from injuries.

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Breno Lopes also returns after serving a suspension.

But he is without Lavega and Keno—both are on loan from Fluminense—and Pedro Morisco, who has been rested after starting for Brazil.

Tiago Cóser is also out due to muscle swelling in his left leg.

Richard and Brian are working their way back to full training.

Photo: Lucas Merçon/Fluminense

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