Flamengo vs Fluminense Prediction & Betting Tips - Brasileirão Serie A

Prediction published on 04/01/2021, 12:53  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 04/01/2021 at 12:58 in Football Predictions

Flamengo and Fluminense open their 2021 calendar year with a face off in the Serie A on Thursday at the Maracana. Hosts Flamengo are third in the standings with 49 points while Fluminense have so far managed 40 points and are seventh. Flamengo wrapped up 2020 with a 0-0 draw with Fortaleza. That was their fourth straight unbeaten outing after three earlier wins and will be hoping for a return to winning ways here. This is a clash Flamengo has dominated in recent times and have their eyes fixed on three points here to lift them to second. Flamengo’s only loss in the last seven matches came through post match penalties against Racing Club in the Coipa Libertadores. They have scored in six of their last seven matches and head to this clash unbeaten in six league matches, with four wins therein. In the last five matches, Flamengo have scored 12 goals and three of the five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. The team has three straight wins at home in the league and is unbeaten in four and has scored in each of the last 12 home matches in the league. Flamengo have scored two or more goals in seven of their last 10 home matches in the league and four of their last five home matches in the league have produced over 2.5 goals. Gabriel Barbosa has been the team’s key man in recent times, with three goals in the last three matches and has seven league goals. The team’s top scorer, Pedro is also a big threat to Fluminense, having netted 11 goals this season. In defence however, Flamengo still have a lot to do, as they are the side that has conceded the most goals among the top seven sides (35).

Fluminense, on the other hand, have managed just one win in their last five matches and need much improvement defensively, having kept no clean sheet in the last four games. The team lost the last two matches of 2020, the latest a 2-1 reverse at home against Sao Paulo. They have failed to score in one of the last five matches and have just two wins in the last eight games. Fluminense have scored two or more goals in three of their last 10 matches while they have also conceded two or more in three of the last 10. Four of their last six matches have produced over 2.5 goals and away from home, they have managed just three wins in the last 10. They have lost four of their last 10 away matches in the league and have just one clean sheet in 10 away league matches. Fluminense have three straight losses in matches against Flamengo. In 2020 alone, these two sides faced off six times and Fluminense kept just a single clean sheet though they managed to score in five of the six games.