Santa Fe – Flamengo RJ Prediction & Picks (26.04.2018)

Santa Fe and Flamengo meet at Estadio Nemesio Camacho “El Campín”, in a match for this phase of the Copa Libertadores (Group Stage). Attention to the home factor, since the Santa Fe usually conquers different results at home and abroad.

Santa Fe:

After 3 draws, the home team is currently in the 3 rd position, with 3 points won. In the last match, they tied (1-1) against Flamengo, after in the previous match, tied for (0-0) away with River Plate. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. In the last match they played, for the First A, they beat the Leones at home by (2-1). In the last 10 home matches the Santa Fe has 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

For this competition, he does not lose 7 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 5 of the last 7 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 30 of the last 68 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 50 out of 68 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 games, they only got 1 comeback in the 8 games in which they suffered the first goal.

Santa Fe is a club that never won the Copa Libertadores, but in 2015 it won the Copa Sudamericana, the second most important tournament in the continent. In the current season, the team fights to stay at the top of the table of the Colombian Championship and in the Copa Libertadores it is in the third position of Group 4, with two points less than the second, the River Plante, and the leader, Flamengo In the last five games played at home, all for the Colombian Championship, in four they scored less than 1.5 goals in the first half. We believe that in this game, to face the leader of Group 4 and to need a victory, Santa Fe will spend the first time trying to dominate his opponent and defend himself not to go back on the scoreboard. Therefore, it is most likely that in the first half of this game there are less than 1.5 goals.

Flamengo:

The away team is currently in the 1 st position, with 5 points won, after 1 win and 2 draws. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Emelec, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Santa Fe, by (1-1). This is a team that usually shows similar results, at home and abroad. It is not usually affected by the home team, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in away matches; against 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In the last match they played, for Serie A, they beat América Mineiro at home by (2-0). In their last away game, for Serie A, they drew by (2-2) against Vitória. In the last 10 away matches Flamengo has won 6, tied 2 and lost 2. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches.

Flamengo is a very traditional Brazilian soccer club, which dispenses presentations. He was five times Brazilian champion and already won the Copa Libertadores in 1981, with the team of Zico, on occasion were champions of the Intercontinental Cup, which is currently called FIFA Club World Cup. The Flamengo has a staff full of good players, but has not been lucky lately and has won few titles. Flamengo is not a team that has done good campaigns in the Libertadores, it never managed to repeat the famous season of 1981. Now, in the season of 2018, after three rounds, the team has been leading Group 4, with two draws and one victory. We believe that in this game there will be less than 1.5 goals in the first half.