📏 Form Guide

Flamengo

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Flamengo are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-0 Copa Libertadores success versus Deportivo Tachira.

In that game, Flamengo had 62% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Flamengo was Léo Pereira (66'). Deportivo Tachira got 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

A recurring aspect of more recent Flamengo games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their previous 6 clashes before this one, in 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a loser. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Their previous form shows that Flamengo:

• haven't beaten Fortaleza in their last 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 9 league matches at home. It's been impressive.

Fortaleza

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Racing Club in Copa Libertadores action, Fortaleza will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Fortaleza had 34% possession and 6 shots on goal with 0 on target. On the other side, Racing Club had 17 shots at goal with 4 on target. Adrián Martínez (90') scored for Racing Club.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Fortaleza has been noticeable of late. Checking on their last 6 games shows that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 6 and Fortaleza have scored 10.

Heading into this fixture, Fortaleza have not won away from home in their last 8 league games. What a terrible run of away results.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 05/06/2022 tells us that Flamengo have won 2 of these games & Fortaleza 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.

In all, 15 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from Fla and 7 netted by Fortaleza. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 35 on 26/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Fortaleza 0-0 Flamengo.

In that game, Fortaleza had 39% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target.

For their opponents, Flamengo got 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Anderson Daronco.

ℹ️ Team News: Flamengo

Gonzalo Plata (Knee problems), Matías Viña (Knee injury), Nicolás de la Cruz (Knee injury) and Erick Pulgar (Hamstring injury) are not available for Flamengo gaffer Filipe Luís.

It seems likely that Fla could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Agustin Rossi, Wesley, Léo Ortiz, Léo Pereira, Alex Sandro, Gerson, Evertton Araújo, Luiz Araujo, G. de Arrascaeta, Everton and Bruno Henrique.

📋 Team News: Fortaleza

Fortaleza boss Juan Vojvoda has not got a full squad to pick from. Rodrigo Santos (Fitness), Moisés (Thigh problems) and Lucas Sasha (Forearm fracture) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Fortaleza will likely make use of a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with João Ricardo, Emanuel Brítez, Benjamin Kuscevic, Gustavo Mancha, Bruno Pacheco, Tomas Pochettino, Emmanuel Martinez, Calebe, Yago Pikachu, Juan Martin Lucero and Breno Lopes.

🔮 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Fortaleza may well find it hard to get a goal against a Flamengo lineup who look likely to create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.

Our selection here is for a convincing 3-0 winning margin for Flamengo at the end of the 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 21:00 01/06/2025