Juventude vs Fluminense Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

Juventude

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Juventude will be hoping for a better result following the 5-0 Serie A loss in their previous game against Fortaleza.

In that game, Juventude managed 52% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Fortaleza had 20 shots on goal with 13 of them on target. Juan Lucero (3', 86'), Breno Lopes (63'), Tomás Pochettino (82') and Calebe (89') scored for Fortaleza.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Juventude have been involved. Their opponents scored 18 of them in this period whereas Juventude managed to get a total of 5.

Leading up to this clash, Juventude:

• haven't lost in the league to Fluminense in their last 2 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Fluminense

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Fluminense come into this game following on from a 2-0 Copa Sudamericana win in the defeat of Unión Española in their previous fixture.

In that match, Fluminense had 66% possession and 29 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. For Fluminense, goals were scored by Keno (47') and Samuel Xavier (77'). For their opponents, Unión Española got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Looking at their form, and Fluminense have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals overall. At the back, Fluminense have not been doing too well. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, however.

Their previous form shows that Fluminense:

• have not registered a win against Juventude in away games against them for the last 5 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 05/06/2022 shows us that Juventude have won 3 of these & Fluminense 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.

In all, 19 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from Juve and 10 belonging to Tricolor. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Serie A match day 26 on 15/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Juventude 2-1 Fluminense.

That time, Juventude managed 53% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Ronaldo (81') and Marcelinho (83').

At the other end, Fluminense got 8 shots at goal with 1 on target. Jhon Arias (27') scored.

The match was refereed by Flavio Rodrigues de Souza.

📰 Team News: Juventude

Cipriano (Hamstring injury), Matheus Babi (Muscle injury) and Nenê (Calf injury) won’t be available for Juventude .

We are thinking that Juve will probably line up in a 4-4-2 formation, handing starts to Gustavo, Ewerthon, Abner, Wilker Angel, Alan Ruschel, Jean Carlos, Caique Gonçalves, Jadson, Luis Mandaca, Emerson Batalla and Gabriel Taliari.

📰 Team News: Fluminense

Fluminense boss Renato Portaluppi has a number of players out of action. Riquelme (Knee injury), Facundo Bernal (Hamstring injury), Otávio (Achilles tendon rupture) and Germán Cano (Knee injury) are not able to play.

There’s a good chance that Tricolor could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Fabio, Samuel Xavier, Thiago Silva, Juan Pablo Freytes, Gabriel Fuentes, Gustavo Nonato, Martinelli, Jhon Arias, Ganso, Keno and Everaldo.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Juventude will need to put in a solid display to see themselves scoring against this Fluminense side who we think will likely gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a 0-1 advantage for Fluminense when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be an interesting one.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the full-time result market, the win for Juventude is best priced at 3.3, going for the draw is 3.3 and taking a punt on victory for Fluminense gets you 2.15. These are the top returns available right now.

Renata Leite, 01:04 18/05/2025