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Steffen Schmidt - July 20, 2023
Flamengo vs America MG
Brazilian Serie A
Date: 22 July 2023, Saturday
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Maracana (Rio de Janeiro).
The best attack will meet the worst defense in the league on Saturday evening as Flamengo play host to America MG at Estadio Maracana.
The hosts are enormous favorites by all parameters and we don’t see their counterparts troubling them much this weekend.
Jorge Sampaoli’s troops sit second in the Serie A standings but with a significant 12-point deficit to almost impeccable leaders Botafogo.
If they want to keep the title hopes alive, they simply must not allow dropping points at home against the weakest teams in the league, such as America MG.
The visitors sit at the very foot of the league table with just 9 points from 15 games so far in the season.
They have been particularly struggling to perform on travels with just two points collected from seven away outings and a goal difference of 8-18 along the way.
Nevertheless, it is worth mentioning that America MG will come into this with an improved confidence after a massive 5-1 victory over Chilean side Colo Colo in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana R32 tie.
If we count the 3-2 loss to Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil quarterfinal last weekend, America Mineiro have notched seven goals in the last two outings. Can they continue the fine scoring form at legendary Maracana?
America MG own the worst defensive record in the competition but they have also been scoring goals quite regularly of late. The visitors found the net in 12 of the last 13 matches in all competitions.
Knowing about Flamengo’s dominance in every other parameter, we have to take the Home win & Both Teams To Score pick as the main betting option at the attractive 3.00 odds here. The pick you can hardly make a mistake with is Over 2.5 goals FT at the 1.61 odds.
