Fluminense and Internacional meet on Wednesday at 19:30 de Brasília at the Maracanã in the 33rd round of the Campeonato Brasileiro, with both sides arriving at a point in the season where one result can change the mood around the club. Premiere will carry the match, with Cazé TV and Record also listed among the transmission options.
For Fluminense, the timing is unforgiving. The team is still dealing with the fallout from elimination in the Libertadores semifinal and has lost three straight league matches, a run that has tightened the pressure around every decision in the XI. Thiago Silva and Savarino are expected to return after missing the loss to Chapecoense, and that matters because the bench is not a luxury here; it is part of the match plan. Marcão may need to turn quickly to those options if the game tilts, but he does so with several limits already in place.
Fluminense’s probable lineup points to Fábio in goal, with Guga, Ignácio, Thiago Silva and Renê behind Hércules, Nonato and Ganso. Canobbio or Serna would join Savarino and Hulk in attack. Millán, Martinelli and John Kennedy are out with injury, while Alisson and Matheus Reis are in transition. That leaves Fluminense with a yellow-card warning list that includes Soteldo, Ignácio, Castillo, Freytes, Ganso, Hulk, Martinelli, Otávio, Savarino and Samuel Xavier.
Internacional arrives with a different mood after its 3-0 win over Botafogo on the weekend lifted it out of the relegation zone. The side is 16th with 35 points, and Mercado, Villagra and Vitinho are back after suspensions. Kauan Jesus is expected to stay in goal after his role in that win, while Alerrandro carries the memory of scoring against Fluminense in the first round and now gets another chance to do it again. Internacional’s probable lineup is Kauan Jesus; Bruno Gomes, Mercado and Maripán; Aguirre, Villagra, Thiago Maia and Matheus Bahia; Vitinho and Alan Patrick; Alerrandro.
The details around availability also shape the edge of the contest. Internacional is missing Anthoni, Rochet, Sanabria and Kayky, while Bernabei, Bruno Gomes, Carbonero, Bruno Henrique, Alan Patrick, Paulinho, Matheus Cunha, Maripán and Ronaldo are on warning status. Lucas Casagrande will referee the match, with Bruno Boschilia, Francisco Chaves Bezerra Junior and Paulo Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho as assistants, and Heber Roberto Lopes on VAR with Alberto Poletto Masseira as AVAR. For Fluminense, this is more than a home date; it is a chance to stop the slide before the table and the pressure harden further.
