Fluminense vs Athletico Prediction: Best defences face each other

Fluminense takes on Athletico at home in the second round of Brazil's Serie A. Both teams had won in their debut in the competition. Fluminense and Athletico have the best defenses in Brazil's Serie A. Fluminense has the home advantage and plays to win. Both teams had won the local finals at the beginning of the season. Fluminense defeated Flamengo with a loss in the first match 0-2 and an incredible winning in the second match 4-1, while Athletico defeated Cascavel with a win 2-1 in the first match and a draw 0-0 in the second one.

FLUMINENSE

Fluminense comes from a win 1-0 against The Strongest, in the second round of the group stage in Libertadores. Fluminense is the leader of the D group with 2 victories, in 2 matches. In his debut in Brazil Serie A, Fluminense played in the away side and defeat América-MG 3-0 at Independência Stadium. Germán Cano scored the first goal, while John Kennedy scored the second one and Lelê the third one. Against Athletico, Fluminense should expect a lot more trouble in comparison to the last game in Serie A with América-MG, but it’s the favorite to win because the team it’s in great shape at a really good moment. 

EXPECTED OPENING LINEUP FOR FLUMINENSE

Fábio, Samuel Xavier, Nino, Vitor Mendes, Marcelo, André, Aleksander, Ganso, Jhon Arias, Keno, Cano.

ATHLETICO

Athletico faced Atlético-MG in the middle of the week as the home side for the Libertadores fixture. Athletico won 2-1. In the competition, Athletico it’s in group G, with Libertad, Alianza Lima, and Atlético-MG; as leader of the group. In the first match of Brazil Serie A, Athletico received Goiás and had a win for 2-0 with Pedro Henrique and Christian scoring.

EXPECTED OPENING LINEUP FOR ATHLETICO

Bento, Madson, Pedro Henrique, Thiago Heleno, Pedrinho, Hugo Moura, Christian, Léo Cittadini, Vitor Bueno, Rômulo, Pablo.

Expert Betting Tips

Athletico definitely will offer some trouble to Fluminense, and because of it, we can expect a balanced match. Fluminense and Athletico have good defense systems, so it’s not expected to have a lot of goals in this match. Although Fluminense as the home side has the support of the fans at Maracanã Stadium, which makes the team stronger playing in Rio de Janeiro. Besides that, Fluminense it’s in best shape than Athletico and has been proving that can fight for great achievements this season. The best is to bet on Fluminense winning for a minimum score, and it’s expected Germán Cano to score.