Flamengo vs Palmeiras Prediction & Betting Tips - Brasileirão Serie A

Prediction published on 28/05/2021, 10:30  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 28/05/2021 at 10:31 in Football Predictions

Brazilian champions Flamengo will start the defence of their title with a home game against the South American champions Palmeiras when the Serie A kicks off for the 2021 season. The two have already been involved in high profile matches as they are taking part in the Copa Libertadores. They’ve also been engaged in their regional leagues, Corinthians playing in the Carioca 1 as Palmeiras take part in Paulista A1. Flamengo are coming from a 0-0 draw with Velez Sarsfield in the Copa Libertadores but even going to the game they had already secured a place in the knockouts. Going to their league opener, Flamengo are unbeaten in their last 12 matches across all competitions and have six wins in their last 10 matches. The draw with Velez was the fourth in their last five matches and they hope to start the season better than their finish last season; they lost to Sao Paulo in the final league game. In their last 10 Serie A matches, Flamengo have seven wins and two losses. They finished last season with four straight wins at home in the league, having scored twice in each.

Palmeiras will also go to this game with the peace of mind, having secured their place in the Copa Libertadores knockouts. The defence of their continental title is going on well and ahead of this game they thrashed Peruvian club Universitario 6-0. Now the attention shifts to Serie A, where they will be looking to better their seventh placed finish last season. The win over Universitario was their first in four matches and while they’ve failed to score in two of the last three, they have scored two or more in three of the last five matches. Three of their last five matches have produced clean sheets. Palmeiras didn’t have a very impressive ending to their Serie A campaign last season; they lost their final four games. They are also winless in their last five Serie A away matches and managed just on win in the last nine. In seven meetings with Flamengo, Palmeiras have no win, and have four losses in the process.