📋 Flu named to face Vitória and stay in touch at the top
📋 Flu named to face Vitória and stay in touch at the top Fluminense and Vitória face off at the Maracanã this Saturday (9) at 7 p. m. (Brasília time) in the 15th round of the 2026 Brasileirão.
Amid a "crisis" in the Libertadores, the Rio tricolor side sits in third place with 26 points in the domestic league. Leão da Barra, meanwhile, has 18 points and is ninth in the table. Compared to the last match (a 1-0 win over Ceará in the Copa do Nordeste), coach Jair Ventura opted to bring in Edenilson, Baralhas and Renato Kayzer in place of Cacá, Matheusinho and Erick, respectively, for Vitória.
As for Fluminense, coming off a 1-1 draw with Independiente Rivadavia in the Libertadores, coach Luis Zubeldía chose to start Samuel Xavier, Millán, Renê, Alisson, Soteldo and John Kennedy in place of Guga, Freytes, Arana, Hércules, Canobbio and Castillo, respectively. 📋 Check out Vitória's lineup 📋 Check out Fluminense's lineup This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.