📋 Fábio sets new record as Fluminense and Fortaleza line up at the Maracanã

It's Saturday (16) of Brasileirão for Fluminense and Fortaleza.

They face each other from 4 pm (Brasília time) at the Maracanã.

A game that will be a record for a historic athlete in football.

And puts two teams face to face in distinct situations.

Fábio HISTÓRICO 1️⃣

Fábio Deivson Lopes Maciel will make history when he takes the field.

It will be his 1,390th game in his career.

He will equal the record of the only previous record holder: Peter Shilton, with a long career and 125 games for the English national team.

No one has played more official games than the former goalkeeper - now 75 years old.

Situations in the table 📊

The Tricolor carioca reacted after a series of five consecutive defeats in the season.

They scored four of the last six points disputed in the Brasileirão, advanced in the Copa do Brasil, and were the only team to win away from home in the first leg of the South American Cup round of 16.

The current goal is to maintain the reaction in the Brazilian Championship.

They are, with 24 points, in ninth place.

Meanwhile, Laion is struggling to recover after a series of poor results and a change in command.

They have only one win in their last 15 games. And they drew 0-0 against Vélez Sarsfield at the Castelão in the round of 16 of the Libertadores.

Fluminense 🇭🇺

After trips to Salvador and Cali, the expectation was for an alternate team.

Which was confirmed.

Santi Moreno was regularized, but was left out of the related players.

Freytes was already a certain absence, as he is serving a suspension.

Davi Schuindt gains new valuable chances among the 11.

The lineup has: Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Davi Schuindt, Manoel, and Renê; Bernal, Martinell, and Ganso; Keno, Serna, and Cano.

Fortaleza 🦁

Renato Paiva deals with many absences.

Moisés, Brenno, Pochettino, and Matheus Pereira are still in the DM.

Gustavo Mancha is suspended, but Zé Wellison is back as an option.

The doubts were about the presence of Kuscevic and Prior, who left the game against Vélez with injuries. They are, in fact, out.

The Portuguese coach bets on a lineup that has been heavily modified compared to the team that faced Vélez.

LEÃO ESCALADO PARA O DUELO ✅🦁#FortalezaEC#Brasileirao25#FLUxFORpic.twitter.com/Dn9cSHnhc4

— Fortaleza Esporte Clube 🦁 (@FortalezaEC) August 16, 2025

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