Vasco da Gama vs Corinthians Prediction and Betting Tips | December 21st 2025

Vasco da Gama will face Corinthians at the Estádio do Maracanã on Sunday in the second leg of the 2025 Copa do Brasil final. The home side endured a tough Brasileirao Serie A campaign, losing seven of their final eight matches and finishing 14th in the table, ultimately missing out on qualification for continental football.

Vasco have found some comfort in the domestic cup this season and can secure direct qualification for the CONMEBOL Libertadores for the first time since 2018 with a win on Sunday. They were lackluster in attack during the first leg earlier this week, failing to register a single shot on target in a goalless draw, and will need to improve offensively if they are to prevail this weekend.

Corinthians, meanwhile, have had a similarly modest league campaign, finishing just one place and two points above their weekend opponents. Although they have already secured a spot in next season’s Copa Sudamericana, the visitors will be eager to add further success to their season by lifting the Copa do Brasil this weekend.

They created the better chances in Wednesday’s first-leg clash but failed to convert, and now face the challenge of getting the job done on hostile ground this weekend.

Vasco da Gama vs Corinthians Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 77 meetings between Vasco and Corinthians. The home side have won 15 of those games while the visitors have won 32 times, with their other 30 contests ending in draws.
• The visitors are undefeated in their last four games in this fixture.
• Corinthians are three-time champions of the Copa do Brasil, most recently lifting the trophy in 2009, while also registering four runners-up finishes, the latest coming in 2022.
• Vasco, meanwhile, have won the competition once, in 2011, and have also finished runners-up once, in 2006.

Vasco da Gama vs Corinthians Prediction

Gigante da Colina have struggled recently, securing only two wins in regular time across their last 11 matches. However, they did well to come away unscathed in the first-leg clash on Wednesday and, with the advantage of playing at home this weekend, will be confident of a positive result.

Timão, meanwhile, have shown little spark themselves, managing just one win in their last seven games. They have endured a difficult spell on the road of late, and that could prove to be their downfall this weekend.

Prediction: Vasco da Gama 2-1 Corinthians

Vasco da Gama vs Corinthians Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Vasco da Gama to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the last seven matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES

Edited by Peter P