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Flamengo RJ vs Botafogo RJ Prediction & Betting tips
Flamengo and Botafogo face each other at the Estadio Periodista Mário Filho, in a match of the Carioca Championship semi-final. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 matches. The last time they met in this stadium was on 08-23-2017, in a game to count for the Brazilian Cup and ended with the victory of Flamengo by 1×0. The only goal of that game was scored by Diego, at 70 minutes.
Flamengo:
The home team reaches this stage of the Carioca 1 (Semi-finals) after a draw away by (1-1) with Fluminense. For the championship, Flamengo won 19 points in 21 possible, after 6 wins and 1 draw in the last 7 matches they played in their stadium.
In this competition, they have won the last 4 home matches and have not lost any of the last 7 home matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 14 of their 40 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Analyzing the games that he played in his stadium, including the games of the Guanabara Cup, Flamengo played 7 games so far, got 6 wins and 1 draw. In these games he had an average of 2 goals scored and 0.14 goals suffered per game, demonstrating excellent performance in both sectors. The highlight of Flamengo is striker Vinícius Junior, with 4 goals scored. We remember that the team won the 21st Guanabara Cup trophy, which gave them the right to a place in the Carioca semifinals. It is important to note that he arrives at this game after some good results, being that in 17 games he was defeated only 2 times. Playing in his stadium is a very strong team, being very difficult to be defeated. In the last 10 games at home, Flamengo only did not score goals in a single occasion, besides the final result was more than 2.5 goals in 5 occasions. For this meeting coach Carpegianii must present his best starting eleven, to try to reach the final.
Botafogo:
The visiting team reaches this phase of the Carioca 1 (Semi-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Fluminense and Vasco da Gama. In the last 8 away matches for the championship, Botafogo has 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Botafogo disputed 8 parties until the moment. He won 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, thus registering an average of 1.12 goals scored and 1.50 goals suffered per game, demonstrating some offensive quality, but some difficulties in the defensive sector. The highlight of the team is striker Brenner, with 5 goals scored. We remember that the visiting team reached this semifinal of the Carioca Championship but now they need to win this game, due to the fact that Flamengo is the Guanabara Cup champion. We must emphasize that the Botafogo, unlike his adversary, does not go through a good time and has alternated a lot between positive and negative results, since he won only 1 game in 4. If we analyze his last 10 games in the status of visitor, we verify that has found many difficulties to win, because he won 3, 2 draws and 5 losses, with the final result having been more than 2.5 goals in 6 occasions. For this game, coach Alberto Valentín must present his best team to try to reach the final.
Flamengo RJ vs Botafogo RJ head to head matches
03.03.18 CAM Flamengo RJ Botafogo RJ 1 : 0
10.02.18 CAM Flamengo RJ Botafogo RJ 3 : 1
10.09.17 SA Botafogo RJ Flamengo RJ 2 : 0
24.08.17 COP Flamengo RJ Botafogo RJ 1 : 0
17.08.17 COP Botafogo RJ Flamengo RJ 0 : 0