Fortaleza vs Flamengo Prediction & Betting Tips - Brasileirão Serie A

Prediction published on 24/12/2020, 21:35  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 24/12/2020 at 21:38 in Football Predictions

Things have started getting better for Flamengo since their elimination from the Copa Libertadores and they will be aiming for a fourth straight win when they visit Fortaleza for a league match on Sunday. Ahead of the game, hosts Fortaleza have managed 30 points so far and are placed 14th in the standings while Flamengo are second with 48 points. The hosts are hoping to leap two places up with a win in this game but their recent matches have not shown any hope that they can beat the Brazilian giants. Fortaleza are winless in their last four matches, with the last two having ended in losses, and they have just one clean sheet in the last five matches. In their most recent five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded five. Fortaleza will be more worried of their home form, having failed to win any of the last five – just two draws, and three losses. They have also failed to score in three of their last five home matches and in the two they have scored, it has been three goals scored and five conceded across the five games. In four of their five home matches they have trailed at some point, and a sign of their struggles at home, they have had three players sent off in their last five home matches. Roger Carvalho, Bruno Melo and Juninho have all been given marching orders, and all these red cards have come in the second half. It is also in the second half that they capitulate; five of the seven goals they have conceded in the last five home matches have come in the second half.

Flamengo, on the other hand, carry a rather fine form to this clash but have had some really low moments in recent times. They were eliminated from the Cope Libertadores at home by Argentine side Racing Club on post match penalties but have recovered to win three straight games. They have no outright loss in the last six matches but have just one clean sheet in the process and have scored in all the six matches. Flamengo have scored 11 goals and conceded six in the last five matches and are coming from a hard fought 4-3 win over Bahia, a game in which Gabriel Barbosa was sent off. That red card was the fifth in five games for Flamengo and looking at Fortaleza’s record with red cards as well, points to a very contested game ahead. Back in Serie A, Flamengo have four straight wins, scoring 12 goals and conceding five in the process. They have three wins in the last five away league matches but just one clean sheet in the process. Flamengo have beaten Fortaleza in each of their last three meetings.