📏 Form Guide

Sampaio Corrêa

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Sampaio Corrêa will play in this game following a 0-0 Copa do Brasil drawn match vs Ferroviário.

Sampaio Corrêa ran out winners after a 5-3 penalty shootout.

In their past 6 games, Fernando Marchiori's Sampaio Corrêa have managed to score a total of 8 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.

Fluminense

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Corinthians in Serie A competition, Fluminense will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Fluminense managed 69% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Corinthians got 17 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Wesley (40', 45') and Cacá (47') scored for Corinthians.

Fluminense have regularly broken through opposing defences leading up to this encounter, having scored 8 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Fluminense can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

📰 Team News: Sampaio Corrêa

The Sampaio Corrêa boss Fernando Marchiori has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Fluminense

In an otherwise available squad, there is only the one fitness issue for the Fluminense boss Fernando Diniz to be concerned with. Calegari (Knee surgery) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

In this game, Sampaio Corrêa have the capability to breach the defence of this Fluminense outfit, although just one goal probably won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a 1-2 winning margin for Fluminense at full-time. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:00 01/05/2024