Sport Recife is the sixth place with 55 points, three behind America-MG, and two from Portuguesa, fourth and fifth in the table respectively, and also the two next matches in the competition. But if the team loss to Santo Andre and America-MG win their game, Sport would have no chance to be promoted since would be no chance to pass its rival in number of victories. Sport is not in a good moment but it is a qualified team, which has good players, especially in attack, as Ciro, Wilson and Marcelinho Paraiba. Missings: defender Tobi and defensive midfielder Ze Antonio But both are rotation players.
Win or be relegated.
On the side of Santo Andre the situation is even more complicated. The team is placed in the penultimate spot with 36 points, six adrift of Nautico, the first team outside the relegation zone, who plays against Brasiliense, 17º in the table. For this reason, the defeat will put Santo Andre in Serie C. If they tie with the Sport they will need to root for a combination of results to go along with chances to save themselves. For that reason only victory matters. The team lost the last eight games away from home.
Crucial match.
The match is crucial for both, but it is undeniable that Sport Recife has more quality and also has the advantage of playing at home. For Santo Andre, who has a weak defense, only a miracle to save themselves from this situation, so I think they will not play for a draw and if they receive a goal, will go to attack in a disorderly manner, leaving the defense exposed and facilitating the job for Sport attackers, who are quality players.
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Prediction:
Tip: 1 AH (-1.25)
Odd: 2.11
Bookie: Pinnacle
Only victory matters for Vila Nova, mainly to prevent the crisis from being installed in Serra Dourada. During the week, rumors were that the squad would have charged the board to pay for a extra, but it was denied by the experienced Roni.
“It was a conversation to clarify everything. This week, appeared many untruths about the group. No one claimed the board for nothing. We are committed to save the team from relegation.” said the striker.
The team had a terrible start of the championship and has long been in last place, losing several games in a row but the board paid the wages they were owed, signed some good players and the team responded in impressive fashion, even winning teams from the top of the table.
They had a humiliating defeat in the last game but the team was very depleted and those players return to the team in this match.
Players in decline.
Brasiliense is a team that has known few names of players who playd in big clubs in first division, however these players are older, in declining career, and I believe this is the main problem of a team who can not stand the pace of competition and the coach always has several missings to put the team on the field.
For this reason the team has not acquired a right way to play and was constantly falling on the table, to get where he is. For this game, once again, the coach Andrade has some of missings and set up a defensive scheme, despite the need for victory.
Better team.
Vila Nova was considered by many, even in the middle of the championship as one of the teams that would be relegated, but the team surprised everyone, led by the experienced Roni and beat strong teams like Figueirense, Duque de Caxias and Portuguesa, playing at home. Brasiliense is in complicated situation and not playing well. They won last game at home but Ipatinga dominated almost the whole game. I think Vila Nova will take one more step to stay in first division.
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Prediction:
Tip: 1 AH (-0.5)
Odd: 1.97
Bookie: Pinnacle
In Portuguesa, the coach Sergio Guedes not set the team that will begin. For the duel, the coach will have the return of Preto Costa, defender, recovered from a virus. However, the attacking midfielder Heverton, important player is hurt, and the defensive midfielder Glauber and winger Fabrice are both suspended.
The team plays in an offensive way and has good players up front.
Dodo, a important striker, can return to the team and this will be of great help to the desired victory.
Every game is a decision!
The task is not the simplest to America-RN. Some players know that to continue fighting against relegation, win away from home becomes essential. “We hope to surprise Portuguesa and for that we must get focused and well posted to not repeat the mistake of playing away from home,” said player Berg.
The errors to which he referred are the ten goals, five in each, they concede in the last two matches that the team played away from home.
America-RN is the last place in the serie B.
Open match
Portuguesa is a very strong team at home, motivated, achieving victories by a good margin of difference, and pursue the chance to climb to the first division. The team is offensive minded and always seeks the goal throughout the match. The victory is crucial to the ambition of the them. On the other hand we have a poor team, which has a weak defense and can not afford to draw, so I expect an open game and the highest quality Portuguese team prevailing in the end.
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Prediction:
Tip: 1 AH (-1.25)
Odd: 2.02
Bookie: Pinnacle
A home win is vital to the wishes of America-RN in Serie B. With 26 points, nine below Vila Nova, the first team outside the relegation zone. Owner of the worst campaign of the Brasileiro Serie B, America-RN strides towards relegation and so the clash on Tuesday against Santo Andre is seen as matter of life and death. Missings: defensive midfielder Eliélton, central midfielder Esley and the attacker Marcelo Brás.
Good chance to win
Six points behind Vila Nova, Santo Andre has a chance to sink a more direct rival in the fight against relegation. On Tuesday, Ramalhão visit America-RN, and need a victory to dream of staying in Serie B.
Playing away from home, the Santo Andre usually is not afraid to go out and attack, but their defense is very shaky, always conceding goals to the opponent.
Missing: defender Marcelo Godri.
Both need to win
I think we will have goals in this match because both teams desperately need to win, then I think both will attack. The two defenses are very shaky with little technical and slow. The field of America-RN stadium is wide, so I guess we will have an open game, with mistakes by the defenses and many opportunities to score.
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Prediction:
Tip: Over 2.75
Odd: 1.95
Bookie: Bet365
Coritiba are sitting at joint top of the table,they are the hottest team of late,though. As they are coming off 6 straight home wins on a run,this is a good occasion for them to extend that winning run up to 7 games in a row. Considering that they are the best home team of campaign,they already shown they were more than capable of grabbing all 3 points at home court. Apart from 2 suspended midfielders Donizete and Rafinha,Coritiba are able to select from a full squad.
Battling for relegation
Vila Nova secured their place out of relegation zone thanks to their 3 wins in last 6 games but not safe yet. They are leading the last 4 teams with 5 points within 9 games to go but considering that there is not a big quality gap between last 4 seeded teams and Vila Nova,they are still feeling the danger and need as most points as they can take in order to avoid relegation. Davi Ceara is suspended , Carlos Alberto and Pedro Junior are slight doubts.
Goals for both sides.
Vila Nova will be playing for a draw and they are supposed to start the game cautiously. But Coritiba will be playing to break their resistance by an early goal as they did in previous home games. Vila Nova,then,will be in need of scoring the equaliser and that`s a style of play which they are not used to. Home team looks big faves but i can`t trust,hence i go for 4 or more goals in game. It could be even easier should Vila Nova score first. Price is really tempting.
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Prediction:
Tip: Over 3.5
Odd: 2.65
Bookie: Sportingbet
A home win is vital to the wishes of America-RN in Serie B. With 26 points, nine below Vila Nova, the first team outside the relegation zone. Owner of the worst campaign of the Brasileiro Serie B, America-RN strides towards relegation and so the clash on Tuesday against Santo Andre is seen as matter of life and death. Missings: defensive midfielder Eliélton, central midfielder Esley and the attacker Marcelo Brás.
Good chance to win
Six points behind Vila Nova, Santo Andre has a chance to sink a more direct rival in the fight against relegation. On Tuesday, Ramalhão visit America-RN, and need a victory to dream of staying in Serie B.
Playing away from home, the Santo Andre usually is not afraid to go out and attack, but their defense is very shaky, always conceding goals to the opponent.
Missing: defender Marcelo Godri.
Both need to win
I think we will have goals in this match because both teams desperately need to win, then I think both will attack. The two defenses are very shaky with little technical and slow. The field of America-RN stadium is wide, so I guess we will have an open game, with mistakes by the defenses and many opportunities to score.
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Prediction:
Tip: Over 2.75
Odd: 1.95
Bookie: Bet365
Coritiba are sitting at joint top of the table,they are the hottest team of late,though. As they are coming off 6 straight home wins on a run,this is a good occasion for them to extend that winning run up to 7 games in a row. Considering that they are the best home team of campaign,they already shown they were more than capable of grabbing all 3 points at home court. Apart from 2 suspended midfielders Donizete and Rafinha,Coritiba are able to select from a full squad.
Battling for relegation
Vila Nova secured their place out of relegation zone thanks to their 3 wins in last 6 games but not safe yet. They are leading the last 4 teams with 5 points within 9 games to go but considering that there is not a big quality gap between last 4 seeded teams and Vila Nova,they are still feeling the danger and need as most points as they can take in order to avoid relegation. Davi Ceara is suspended , Carlos Alberto and Pedro Junior are slight doubts.
Goals for both sides.
Vila Nova will be playing for a draw and they are supposed to start the game cautiously. But Coritiba will be playing to break their resistance by an early goal as they did in previous home games. Vila Nova,then,will be in need of scoring the equaliser and that`s a style of play which they are not used to. Home team looks big faves but i can`t trust,hence i go for 4 or more goals in game. It could be even easier should Vila Nova score first. Price is really tempting.
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Prediction:
Tip: Over 3.5
Odd: 2.65
Bookie: Sportingbet
Sao Caetano needs to win to continue dreaming with a chance of promotion, though it is very difficult. The midfielder Ailton said “It will be a decision and the group knows the importance of a good result at home because it is a direct opponent on the table. I am available to help the team.”
The team is not in a good phase and the coach will try a more aggressive approach to this game and maybe put another striker on the team.
The team has a good goal average when playing at home and has a good striker Eduardo, who has 13 goals in 22 games in the competition.
Missings: defender Marcelo Batatais and midfielders Everton Ribeiro and Roger are all doubtfull.
Luciano Mandi and Henrique Dias are out, suspended, but both are backup players.
Offensive team
With 43 points and in seventh place, Portuguesa won Guaratinguetá by 3-0 and recovered from subsequent defeats to Duque de Caxias and Icasa. The debut of coach Sergio Guedes, has renewed the hopes of Portuguesa in the chamopionship and dreams of a winning streak to get close to the G4. With 43 points (the distance to Bahia, placed fourth, is nine), the team faces Sao Caetano on Tuesday at Anacleto Campanella, and even away from home, need the victory to keep their chances of access.
“It`s a game crucial to our ambitions in Serie B. We respect Sao Caetano, but we are only interested in the victory” said right defender Paulo Sergio.
Missings: Dodô and Heverton are important missings in offense but Lusa has some good replacements to keep the
fire power.
Last breath
This game could bury the chances of one team to get promotion and the match is being treated by both as a decisive game, where only victory matters. Both teams have offensive characteristic and defenses are not very reliable. The approach of the teams can be summed up by what Portuguesa coach said.
“Sao Caetano playing their last chance, playing at home. We will play our penultimate chance away from home. It`s an important game for both sides, nobody will play not to lose”.
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Prediction:
Tip: Over 2,75
Odd: 1.94
Bookie: Pinnacle
The team is in third place and largely due to the great record playing at home.
The stadium of Figueirense is small, which makes the fans closer and press a lot, the opponent, as the judge.
The team has good offensive power, like the midfielders Maicon and Fernandes, two creative players who create several opportunities for the attackers.
On offense, Reinaldo, a major player, will not play because it hurt but it will be replaced by Vinicius Pacheco, who came on loan from Flamengo and has previously played in the club, and I believe he will maintain the quality in attack.
Tough team to beat
Bragantino is a annoying team to beat when playing away from home, conceding few goals. Generally, only defend themselves, trying to tie.
The team is fighting against relegation, and against a strong opponent like Figueirense, I believe that will keep the tactic of playing closed, exploring the counter-attacks.
The team play with 3 defenders and defensive players in front of the defense.
Finazzi, newly signed striker, will not play, suspended, and the team also will be without the defensive midfielder Luciano Sorriso.
Attack against defense
Figueirense will press because they need to win to stay close from promotion.
Bragantino will play on counters but the problem is Bragantino don`t have good strikers, which makes them less effective in attack and against a team that has averaged less than 1 goal received when playing at home, this task becomes even more difficult.
Figueirense is very strong at home, achieving 29 points at home, in 39 possible, and scoring an average of 2.54 goals per game at home.
As soon as Figueirense score, Bragantino will not have response for that and will be easier for the home team.
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Prediction:
Tip: 1 AH (-1)
Odd: 1.89
Bookie: Pinnacle
One of the reasons was unable to confirm the favoritism at the beginning of the championship was because the team was not playing at their stadium. The club received a a penalty resulting from a brawl of the fans in the final game of last season, when it was relegated from serie A .
Need the win
America RN is in desperate situation in the fight against relegation. The team has not played well since the beginning of the league, and always attended the last places in the table. The board did the math and thinks to escape relegation, the team needs to win 20 points of 32 wich will dispute, an almost impossible task given the recent retrospective of the team.
In the last game played on road, Sport Recife won the game by 3-0 easilly. The defense is slow and vulnerable.
3 missings: defender Cléber, midfielder Washington and attacker Fabio Neves.
The time is coming
Coritiba needs 12 points, according to the board, to confirm the promotion and no better game to be closer to that goal than against America-RN, a team desperate, needing points and wich has a bad defense.
Coritiba played three games at home since their stadium was released, after the end of the punishment, and won all three, two of them for more than one goal difference.
The difference between the two teams is big and the home team has very dangerous offensive weapons that will cause problems for the defense of the visiting team.
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Prediction:
Tip: 1 AH (-1.5)
Odd: 2.02
Bookie: Bet365
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