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Steffen Schmidt - July 20, 2023
Palmeiras vs Fortaleza
Brazilian Serie A
Date: 22 July 2023, Saturday
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Allianz Parque (Sao Paulo).
Palmeiras will be looking to return to winning ways after a streak of five straight winless affairs across competitions on Saturday evening when they play host to top-half rivals Fortaleza in one of the most interesting Gameweek 16 affairs.
Abel Ferreira’s men missed numerous chances last weekend in a goalless draw away at International to extend their negative thread to five league games without a victory as well.
The reigning champions are now sixth in the league table with as many as 14 points between them and sovereign leaders Botafogo.
Palmeiras are only two points above ninth-placed Fortaleza ahead of their clash on Saturday. Fortaleza are enjoying a great campaign for their standards in general.
The visitors have lost only 4 of 15 league fixtures so far in the season. Nevertheless, two of these four losses have come in the last three Serie A Matchdays.
The latest happened last weekend when Fortaleza fell 0-1 at home to bottom-half Cuiaba, missing numerous great goal-scoring opportunities with 20 attempts on the occasion.
It was the team’s maiden loss on the home patch this season as well since the remaining three have come in seven away outings.
Fortaleza did not show the best attacking displays of late, scoring only one goal in the last three league affairs. Knowing none of the last five H2H clashes between these counterparts saw goals at both ends, we like Palmeiras to win to nil at the 2.50 odds.
Alternatively, we will back the hosts to have the lead at the half time and win the match at the end at the odds of 2.40.
