Palmeiras and Fluminense meet at Allianz Parque, in a match for the 34 th round of Serie A. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 25-07-2018, Fluminense won at home by (1-0) ). The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 4. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 10-06-2017, for Serie A, Palmeiras won by (3-1). A. Guerra (10 ‘), Keno (41’) and Roger Guedes (90 ‘) scored the goals of the game, for Palmeiras, and Henrique Dourado (18’), for Fluminense. Attention to the house factor, since the Palmeiras usually conquer different results at home and abroad.
Palmeiras:
After 19 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in the 1 st position, with 67 points won. In their last match, they tied with Atlético Mineiro by (1-1), after in the previous match they won (3-2) at home, in a match against Santos. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 8 conceded; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 10 conceded.
In this competition, they have won the last 10 home games and have not lost any of their last 12 home matches. Their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 25 of its last 33 games for Serie A, of these 25 came to rest in advantage in 16 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 19 In 33 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 16 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (46’-60 ‘).
Palmeiras is a club that has won the Serie A cup of the Brazilian Championship nine times throughout its history, being the last title expired in 2016, as well as having three titles of the Brazilian Cup and one of the Copa Libertadores, conquered in 1999. In the current season, the team has been doing a very strong campaign within the national championship, winning 67 of the 99 points played so far, thus maintaining the leadership of the competition, five points ahead of the second classified. In his stadium, Palmeiras comes from ten consecutive victories in the Brazilian championship and scored more than 1.5 goals in eight of those ten games. We believe that in this confrontation, by playing at home against an opponent with a limited number of players, he will get another victory at home.
Fluminense:
After 11 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, the away team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 41 points won. In the last match, they have tied at home against Sport Recife by (0-0), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Vasco da Gama, by (0-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 23 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 8 conceded. In their last match away from home in this competition they lost (3-0) against Santos. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Fluminense has 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 16 matches). In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 11 of the last 16 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 33 matches in this competition, they have only 1 comeback in the 16 matches they suffered in the first goal.
The Fluminense is a cube that has four cups of the Serie A of the Brazilian Championship, being the last title won in 2012, in addition to a title of the Brazilian Cup, in 2007, and a final of the Copa Libertadores, in 2008. In the current season, the team has been doing a very irregular campaign, winning 40 of the 96 points he played so far for the Serie A of the Brazilian championship, currently in the middle of the table, six points ahead of the relegation zone , but quite far from the leaders. As a visitor, Fluminense won just one of the last eight games away from home for the Brazilian championship and suffered goals in seven of those eight games.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.68
