📋 Flamengo and Vitória name starting XIs at the Maracanã

📋 Flamengo and Vitória name starting XIs at the Maracanã It’s a Brasileirão 2026 night at the Maracanã. Flamengo and Vitória will face off from 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Sunday (9). The match is valid for the 22nd round of the competition. Wilton Pereira Sampaio (GO) will be the referee. Premiere and SporTV will broadcast it. Flamengo ⚫🔴 In second place with 39 points and a game in hand, the Rio rubro-negro side has the mission of at least maintaining the current gap to leaders Palmeiras. They will meet their tormentor from the Copa do Brasil again and need to deliver. At home, they have five wins, three draws and one defeat. Leonardo Jardim has key players back: Paquetá and Plata. Both start on the bench. Léo Ortiz starts after a spell out of action. Alex Sandro is out due to pain in his right calf. Cebolinha has the flu. Luiz Araújo is in the final stage of recovery from a left knee injury. Vitão, meanwhile, was diagnosed with a left thigh injury last Friday, and De la Cruz is suspended. Vitória 🦁 Leão come into this on a high after the great performance that secured a place in the Copa do Brasil quarter-finals. They will have another chance to punish the team they eliminated in the fifth round of the competition. But to do that, they will need to win away from home in the league for the first time. So far, they have four draws and seven defeats away from Barradão. Jair Ventura had issues with the tactical setup and his back line because suspended players Cacá and Luan Cândido were unavailable. Martínez returns after serving a suspension against Athletico, but Baralhas is out due to load management. Featured photo: Reprodução/Flamengo This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.