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Fluminense vs Cruzeiro Prediction & Betting tips
In the Maracana, the first leg of the second round of the Copa do Brasil rises between the hosts Fluminense and Cruzeiro EC. While Flu won the title in 2007, he is an absolute favorite for the guests: six titles have been collected over the last 26 years and in the last two years Cruzeiro was named the winner! The hosts are also very weak in the new season of Serie A started. After four rounds of play, the meager yield amounts to a victory and already three bankruptcies.
Also last weekend at the dress rehearsal for the cup match it was a defeat in the derby against Botafogo RJ. In Classico Vovo Fluminense had to beat 0-1, although they made the better team. But Cruzeiro conceded last Sunday also a defeat. The Elf from Belo Horizonte lost 1: 3 at Internacional. A bankruptcy, but in view of the fairly even game shares significantly unhappy compared to the appearance of Flu failed. In the upcoming match between Fluminense and Cruzeiro, the odds show no clear favorites. The tip again provides that more than 1.5 goals will fall, as both clubs have at least currently their otherwise traditional Torarmut filed.
Fluminense:
For Fluminense last year was already in the third round of the cup competition when the club had to give the Avai FC twice beaten. Thus, Flu presented as in the previous year weak in the Copa do Brasil, as it only enough for the knockout stages. Now, the Elf from Rio finally wants to once again create a deeper run and on the offensive, the hopes are mainly on Pedro – where he will run up against the opponent with mixed feelings. When he contracted his severe injury in the form of a cruciate ligament tear last season, the opponent was also Cruzeiro. The highly talented striker, who has long attracted the interest of European clubs, thus missed his debut for the national team of the country, as he had recently been appointed for the first time for the Selecao.
For Fluminense, the 21-year-old is enormously important, because before his injury, he had scored no less than 10 goals in 19 league games. In mid-January of this year, he was back on the pitch for the first time, although only for a half in a match in the Campeonato Carioca, the state championship of Rio de Janeiro, where Tricolor in the semifinals, the eventual winner and city rivals Flamengo in another edition of the had always beaten hot-blooded Fla-Flu derby. A mission that was probably a little premature, since he ran aground again at the start of the current season in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A match that only lasted for 30 minutes and on the following two match days made the mission even shorter. However, this did not stop him from scoring one goal each. So it seems, the most dangerous striker in the shirt of Fluzao is back again.
Otherwise, the start of the Campeonato season was disappointing for the oldest club in Rio, losing defeats to freshman Goias and Santos’s kickers on the first two rounds. The complete false start was averted by a wild game in the third rounds of play. Here, Nense was back after about 20 minutes with 0: 3 back, but until the final whistle in Porto Alegre the match was still rotated 5: 4. An encounter that can now be counted among the highlights of the 63rd edition of the Brazilian Serie A. In the recent encounter last Saturday, the four-time champions and last year’s twelve had but now again a failure when he lost as mentioned in the derby against Botafogo RJ.
Cruzeiro:
Coach Mano Menezes’ side also started the new season of Serie A at the end of April with a defeat. The kickers from Belo Horizonte lost 1-1 to Flamengo. But more than a slip-up in this case, it was not at first, since then followed victories against the Ceara SC and against the aforementioned newcomer from Goias EC. The three-time champions in the league, however, lost recently again with 1: 3 at Internacional, which is also extremely strong home, read on only three defeats in the last 25 games before their own set.
At Raposa, the upcoming match is always a special affair for striker Fred in particular: the veteran, who is still in the best of juice at the age of 35, easily identifiable on his record of six goals from his last nine games, has been with them for many years Flu under contract and this with great success. So he got in the jersey of the club from Rio 2010 and 2012, the title, where he had a major share in the triumph, especially in the latter title as top scorer. In addition, he was again honored in 2014 and 2016 as the best clippers in the league in the services of Fluminense. The Bestia Negra is currently also active in the Copa Libertadores. With five wins and one defeat, the group stage has been completed with flying colors.
Fluminense vs Cruzeiro head to head matches
26.08.18 SA Cruzeiro Fluminense 2 : 1
22.04.18 SA Fluminense Cruzeiro 1 : 0
12.11.17 SA Cruzeiro Fluminense 3 : 1
20.07.17 SA Fluminense Cruzeiro 1 : 1
06.11.16 SA Cruzeiro Fluminense 4 : 2