📊 Form Guide

Red Bull Bragantino

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Red Bull Bragantino enter this fixture after a 1-1 Serie A drawn result against Grêmio.

In that game, Red Bull Bragantino had 62% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Red Bull Bragantino was Isidro Pitta (89'). For their opponents, Gremio got 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Francis Amuzu (87') was the scorer for Grêmio.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that quality has been evident in the Red Bull Bragantino rearguard. Red Bull Bragantino have given the opposition little, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past six clashes standing at 3. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this game, however.

Pre-game facts show that Red Bull Bragantino:

• are winless against Palmeiras in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.

Palmeiras

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Palmeiras will come into the game after a 2-0 Copa Libertadores win against Bolívar in their last match.

In that match, Palmeiras had 52% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Palmeiras, the goalscorers were Murilo (6') and Facundo Torres (12'). Bolivar had 5 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

A series of reliable performances by the Palmeiras defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their previous 6 clashes in total. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Palmeiras:

• have not emerged victorious against Red Bull Bragantino when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. Not good.
• have not been beaten in their last 7 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 14/05/2022 tells us that Red Bull Bragantino have won 1 of these and Palmeiras 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

An aggregate of 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them from Leão da Zona and 8 being from Verdão. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league match between these sides was Serie A match day 29 on 05/10/2024 and the score finished Red Bull Bragantino 0-0 Palmeiras.

In that match, Red Bull Bragantino managed 41% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 on target.

For their opponents, Palmeiras had 14 shots at goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Bráulio da Silva Machado.

🗞️ Team News: Red Bull Bragantino

Henry Mosquera (Hamstring injury), Nathan Mendes (Thigh problems), Guilherme Lopes (Hamstring injury), Fernando (Tendonitis) and Lucão (ankle sprain) are unavailable for Red Bull Bragantino gaffer Fernardo Seabra.

In our view, Leão da Zona may well use a 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Cleiton Schwengber, Jose Hurtado, Pedro Henrique, Guzman Rodriguez, Juninho Capixaba, Gabriel, Ramires, Lucas Barbosa, Jhonatan, Vinicius Mendonca and Eduardo Sasha.

📰 Team News: Palmeiras

Palmeiras boss Abel Ferreira has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Micael (ankle sprain) and Bruno Rodrigues (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Verdão will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Weverton, Agustin Giay, Murilo Cerqueira, Gustavo Gomez, Joaquin Piquerez, Richard Rios, Emiliano Martinez, Estevao, Allan, Facundo Torres and Jose Lopez.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that Red Bull Bragantino could well find it tough to score goals against this Palmeiras lineup who we think will just have the edge.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 0-1 winning score for Palmeiras at the end of the 90.

We’ll see what happens.

Peter Guest, 21:02 18/05/2025