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Flamengo and Vitoria measure their strength at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) in a match for the 20th round of Serie A. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 04-14-2018, the two teams drew (2-2) . The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the home team, which has 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 7 games. In this meeting the home factor could play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Flamengo

After 11 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, the home team is in 3rd place, having won 37 points. In the last game, he lost with Atlético-PR away by (3-0), after having won (1-0) at home in a game against Cruzeiro. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses as a visitor; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Flamengo has recorded 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, so he has 25 points out of 30. In their home league games the most frequent result at the end of the game was 2-0 (5 out of 10 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 9 of the last 10 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 19 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to return to the result.

Flamengo is a club that has won the Serie A of the Brazilian Championship five times in its history, being the most recent title conquered in 2009, in addition it also counts on a title of the Libertadores Cup (1981) and three Cups of Brazil (the last one in 2013). At this time, the team is making a good campaign, has won 37 of the 57 points played so far in the national championship, and occupies the third position, four points behind the first. In the last five games that Flamengo played in his stadium, he managed to score goals in four of them and in three of those games did not concede any goal. We believe that in this match, Flamengo will be able to dominate his opponent during the whole game and this way he will be able to score goals.

Analysis of Vitoria

After 5 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, the visiting team is in 17th place, having won 19 points. In the last game, he lost with Palmeiras at home (0-3), after having lost in the previous game in a game against Grêmio, (4-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats as a visitor, with a total of 16 goals scored and 38 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in his stadium, with a total of 18 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last 10 away games for the championship, Vitória has recorded 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats, which has earned 5 points out of 30.

In this competition, you have lost the last 4 games as a visitor and have not won any of the last 7 that you played as a visitor. In the matches played out for the championship, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 2-0, which occurred in 4 of their 9 matches. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency for goals to be scored, as 8 of his last 10 games for this competition have finished with over 2.5 goals. In 19 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never managed to come back to the result. There have been 1 period in the last 10 meetings played as a visitor to this competition: scored 4 of his 9 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Vitória is a club that has never been Brazilian Serie A champion, its best campaign in the competition was in 1993 when it was runner-up. Vitória has twenty-nine titles from the Campeonato Baiano, the last of them won in 2017. Vitória is currently the seventh in the 2018 Brazilian Serie A Championship, so it is among the last four and in the relegation zone. Victory is in a bad moment, it has been four days without winning, in which it recorded three defeats and a draw. Now against Flamengo, it will be very difficult to handle the strong attack of Flamengo, even in Maracanã.

Betting Tip: 

In this game between Flamengo and Vitória, we believe the home team is a favorite, since in the Maracanã stadium Flamengo is very strong and has won four of the last five games. In addition, the record of clashes between the two teams on Flamengo's ground shows us that in twelve games we had two draws, two victories of Vitória and eight victories of Flamengo, so Flamengo has a great advantage in the history of direct confrontations.