Fluminense - Sport Football prediction

Fluminense and Sport play at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) in a match of the 33rd round of the Serie A Brasileirao. In the final confrontation between these teams in this competition, on 22-07-2018, Fluminense won away by (1-2) . The history of direct confrontations played at this stadium indicates balance between these two teams, since there was 1 draw and 1 victory for each team in the last 3 matches. However, in the last confrontation at this stage, in a match for Brasileirão Serie A, on 25-11-2017, Sport won by (1-2). The goals of the match were scored by Marcos Júnior (38 ') for Fluminense and André (12' and 23 ') for Sport. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 10th and 16th of the overall standings, in fact this is a confrontation between the 15th placed in home games and the 11th as a visitor.

Analysis of Fluminense
The home team is currently in 10th place with 40 points earned after 11 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Santos by (3-0). In the last match, lost at home to Vasco by (0-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 27 points in their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 11 conceded, against 13 points out, where he scored 15 goals and suffered 28. The team arrives at this meeting after a defeat away with the Atlético-PR by (2-0). For the championship, Fluminense had 17 points out of 30, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (6 in 16 matches). In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 13 of the last 16 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 32 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in 16 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 16 home games in this competition: he suffered 4 of his 11 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Fluminense is only median in Serie A, has been in a poor phase with 3 losses in the last 4 games and is looking for a recovery to stay in the qualifying zone for the next South American Cup. The team has problems both in the offensive and defensive sectors, having scored only 31 goals, being the sixth worst attack of the competition, and suffered 39 attempts, having the seventh defense less leaked, being a very young team that is quite irregular in the 2 sectors. Playing at home, as the match on Sunday, Fluminense has been alternating good and bad results, comes from a painful defeat in the classic against Vasco da Gama, but it is worth emphasizing that his defense usually works very well in this type of situation, since he suffered only 2 goals in the last 7 games as a client. For the confrontation with Sport Recife, coach Marcelo Oliveira will not be able to count on defender Ibañez and midfielder Sornoza, both due to suspension.

Sport Analysis
The visiting team is currently in 16th place with 36 points earned after 10 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses. In the penultimate match, he won away to Grêmio by (3-4). In the last match, he won at home to Ceará by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 26 points, against only 10 in their games as a visitor. In the championship, the Sport won 3 points in 30 possible, after 1 victory and 9 defeats in the last 10 games that played as a visitor. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of his 16 matches. The team allowed their opponents' goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 32 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 18 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard.

Sport Recife has spent several rounds in the relegation zone but has raised a lot of production in the last rounds, won 4 of his last 5 games and is looking for a positive result, since he is currently the first team over the last 4 places that would fall if the competition were to end today. The team has a medium attack that has scored 32 goals and is the tenth worst among 20 Serie A participants, but the big problem is its fragile defense that has conceded 53 goals and is the most leaked of the national, both conceding goals in 7 of the last 8 rounds. Playing away from home, such as this Sunday's match, Sport Recife tends to perform very badly, lost 10 of its last 11 matches and it is worth mentioning that it has suffered at least 2 goals in the last 8 games away from its domains, again showing its enormous defensive fragility . For the confrontation against Fluminense, coach Milton Mendes will not be able to count on lateral Sander due to injury.