Fortaleza vs Red Bull Bragantino Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Fortaleza

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Fortaleza, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 4-2 Copa Sudamericana triumph over Boca Juniors.

For Fortaleza, goals were scored by Juan Lucero (4', 51') and Yago Pikachu (55', 63'). Miguel Ángel Merentiel (21') and Kevin Zenón (85') scored for Boca Juniors.

Their most recent results highlight the fact that huge efforts have been put in by the Fortaleza backline. Fortaleza have been stingy, with the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six games standing at 2. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern might persist in this match.

Going into this contest, Fortaleza are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Red Bull Bragantino

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Red Bull Bragantino head into the encounter following on from a 2-1 Copa Sudamericana win to beat Sportivo Luqueno in their most recent game.

For Red Bull Bragantino, the goals were scored by Thiago Borbas (28') and Gustavinho (47').

Pedro Caixinha's Red Bull Bragantino have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 8 times throughout their previous six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes adds up to 7.

Going into this contest, Red Bull Bragantino are without a win away from home in their last 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 25/07/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Fortaleza winning 3 of those games, Red Bull Bragantino 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.

A combined sum of 19 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for Fortaleza and 9 for Leão da Zona. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league clash between the two was Serie A match day 36 on 30/11/2023 when it finished Red Bull Bragantino 1-2 Fortaleza.

That time, Red Bull Bragantino managed 75% possession and 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Eduardo Sasha (45').

Fortaleza had 6 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Yago Pikachu (14') and Calebe (23') scored.

The match was refereed by Denis da Silva Ribeiro.

🗞️ Team News: Fortaleza

The Fortaleza boss Juan Vojvoda doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

We think that Fortaleza look set to use a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with João Ricardo, Tinga, Emanuel Brítez, Titi, Bruno Pacheco, Hércules, Ze Welison, Yago Pikachu, Tomas Pochettino, Imanol Machuca and Juan Martin Lucero.

🗞️ Team News: Red Bull Bragantino

Thanks to a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Red Bull Bragantino boss Pedro Caixinha does not have any fitness worries at all before this match.

It’s our belief that Leão da Zona seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, settling for Cleiton, Jose Andres Hurtado, Douglas Mendes, Luan Cândido, Juninho Capixaba, Gustavinho, Jadsom, Eric Ramires, Ignacio Laquintana, Eduardo Sasha and Vitinho.

💭 Prediction

Here is a game where Red Bull Bragantino will have to work hard as a team to see themselves scoring against this Fortaleza lineup who we think will likely gain the upper hand.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 1-0 advantage for Fortaleza at full-time.

Should be interesting.

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Peter Guest, 23:12 26/04/2024