On Thursday Sep 15th, Fluminense and Corinthians will play a match in São Paulo in a Copa do Brasil match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. Corinthians is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Internacional. Alexandre struck first for Internacional in the 1st minute on a feed from Mauricio, then Fabián Balbuena got the equalizer for Corinthians in the 13th minute on a feed from Gil . With 17 points in their last 10 matches Corinthians should be reasonably happy with their performance, while fluminense is fresh off their 2-1 win against Fortaleza. Germán Cano struck first for Fluminense in the 11th minute, then Thiago Galhardo tied it up for Fortaleza in the 51st minute on a feed from Juninho Capixaba. Fluminense should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 24th of August, Fluminense hosted Corinthians at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in their last match together. Fluminense and Corinthians battled to a 2-2 draw. Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima struck first for Fluminense in the 4th minute on a penalty shot, but Renato Augusto got the equalizer for Corinthians in the 23rd minute on a penalty shot .
Both Willian and Jhon Arias have been the hottest scorers for Fluminense in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Yuri Alberto has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Corinthians.