Week 21 brings us a match on Aug 6th where Avaí will host Corinthians at Estádio Aderbal Ramos Da Silva in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. Avaí is fresh off their 1-3 loss against América Mineiro. Guilherme Bissoli struck first for Avaí in the 4th minute on a feed from Natanael, but Henrique Almeida got the equalizer for América Mineiro in the 34th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 70th minute on a goal by Everaldo to cap off a wild match. Avaí looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Corinthians recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Botafogo. Gustavo Silva struck first for Corinthians in the 27th minute on a feed from Medeiros de Moura, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Botafogo couldn’t muster any offence and Corinthians ran away with the shutout win. Corinthians should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Avaí and Corinthians last played eachother at the Arena Corinthians on the 16th of April. Corinthians was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 30000 jubilant fans. Róger Guedes struck first for Corinthians in the 9th minute, then Róger Guedes added another in the 26th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Avaí couldn’t manage to score, and Corinthians took the shutout win.
Both Róger Guedes and Fábio Santos have been the hottest scorers for Corinthians in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Guilherme Bissoli has been the most effective weapon for Avaí lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches.