Against Bragantino, Corinthians will face the team that scores the most goals in aerial plays | Corinthians

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Corinthians and Bragantino face each other this Sunday, at 6 pm, at the Nabi Abi Chedid stadium, in Bragança Paulista, for the fifth round of the Brazilian Championship. In a survey by the Statistical Spy team, geit is possible to notice a point of attention for the Timão: the air ball.

Both for good and for bad. That’s because Bragantino is at the top of the statistics of goals in aerial balls, of goals scored and conceded. Of 36 feats, 26 came from the top, totaling 72.2% of the goals scored by the Bragança team.

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Analyzing the numbers of goals conceded, however, Timão shows that they are not suffering above average. Of the 19 goals scored in the season by Corinthians, seven were in aerial plays (36.8%). But recently, the team has suffered from it.

Corinthians training of aerial plays — Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Ag. Corinthians

In the classic against Palmeiras, for the third round of the Brasileirão, Corinthians conceded two identical goals: ball crossed at the first post, in a corner kick, and ball in Timão’s net.

Of these seven good aerial goals, six came from corners. The main side of attention is the right. Five happened when the charge was on that side.

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Analyzing the table below, it is possible to see that Corinthians occupies a good position in the “teams that suffer the most aerial goals”. Timão is the 15th team in this cut.

Teams that concede the most goals in the air

	goals conceded	aerial goals	% of aerial goals
Bragantino	24	15	62.5
Atlético-MG	15	9	60
cuiabá	19	11	57.9
Strength	19	11	57.9
Atlético-GO	26	15	57.7
athletic	32	17	53.1
palm trees	18	9	50
Hawaii	21	10	47.6
Youth	19	9	47.4
Botafogo	24	11	45.8
Flamengo	21	9	42.9
Fluminense	19	8	42.1
Goiás	27	11	40.7
Sao Paulo	27	10	36.8
Corinthians	19	7	36.8
International	22	8	36.4
America-MG	28	10	35.7
saints	28	10	35.7
Ceará	11	3	27.3
coritiba	22	4	18.2

As in the table above, the bottom one brings the teams that score the most goals in aerial plays. As already said, Bragantino leads with 26 of 36. But on the other hand, 15 of the 24 suffered were also like this.

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And Corinthians, how is it? Timão is also at the bottom of this cutout. Of the 32 goals scored, 11 came in the air, a percentage of 34.4, similar to that of conceded.

Teams with the most aerial goals

	goals	aerial goals	% of aerial goals
Bragantino	36	26	72.2
coritiba	44	25	56.8
saints	31	17	54.8
America-MG	28	15	53.6
Goiás	38	20	52.6
Sao Paulo	47	22	46.8
cuiabá	46	21	45.7
Atlético-MG	49	22	44.9
Youth	18	8	44.4
Fluminense	39	16	41
Strength	47	18	38.3
palm trees	61	21	37.7
Hawaii	16	6	37.5
Botafogo	35	13	37.1
Corinthians	32	11	34.4
Ceará	34	11	32.4
athletic	31	10	32.3
Atlético-GO	42	13	31.0
Flamengo	49	12	24.5
International	22	4	18.2

Vítor Pereira and his coaching staff constantly work on aerial plays in training. In reports from the press office, the coach separates many activities to focus on this aspect.

Even before the game, in the warm-up, his assistants command an offensive and defensive work of dead ball in search of a greater balance in these numbers.