Flamengo vs Fortaleza betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on July 11th, 2024

Flamengo and Fortaleza will play on Thursday, July 11th, 2024, at 23:00h (UTC), in a Serie A game to be held in Brazil, check the Flamengo vs Fortaleza betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Flamengo vs Fortaleza will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with a capacity for 13544 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Flamengo vs Fortaleza betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie A has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.49 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.49 goals per game of the last championship.

Flamengo last match

Flamengo comes from a draw recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Cuiabá, in a match valid for Serie A, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-1. On the field, A. Bacchi's team lined up with a 4-4-2.

A win in this match had high probabilities, that is why the draw (odd 4.50) can be considered as a bad result.

Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Pedro is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Flamengo game.

Fortaleza last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Serie A, Fortaleza faced the Fluminense team, and the score ended in favor with a 1-0.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.73.

Flamengo vs Fortaleza h2h

Fortaleza was in 9th place in the Serie A while Flamengo was in 6th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Fortaleza team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Flamengo used in the match.

The two teams have not faced each other since 05-11-2023. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023 season of the Serie A, and the match ended with a 0-2 win for Flamengo.

Flamengo

Serie A leaderboard now

The Flamengo team with 31 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the CONMEBOL Libertadores, with a campaign of 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

Which means that, with an advantage of 1 point, the team is ahead the Botafogo team closing in at the 2nd place in the 16th round.

Flamengo analysis

After round number 15 in Serie A, Flamengo has 27 goals scored and 15 conceded.

Adenor Leonardo Bacchi is a renowned strategist who may yet again take his opponents by surprise in this match. As the coach of Flamengo, he has a keen understanding of how to set up his team to counter the opposition's strengths and exploit their weaknesses, a tactic that has proven successful, especially when playing at home.

While they’ve won 4 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw.

While Fortaleza has only managed to convert 14 of their 1260 attacks into goals, Flamengo has been much more successful with 1523 attacks and 27 goals.

Best goalscorer from Flamengo

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Pedro. He has already scored 7 times this season and has helped Flamengo come away with the positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Fortaleza

Serie A leaderboard now

The Fortaleza team with 23 points currently occupies the 8th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the CONMEBOL Libertadores Qualifiers, with a campaign of 6 wins, 5 draws, and 3 losses.

In the 16th round, Cruzeiro, that is in the 7th place, has the same score.

Fortaleza analysis

Currently, in the Serie A, Fortaleza sums 14 goals for and a total of 14 goals against, after 15 rounds played.

Team with a low scoring efficiency, the average goals scored do not exceed 1 per game. With a low score efficiency and playing away from home, this could be decisive for a bad result.

Best goalscorer from Fortaleza

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Juan Martin Lucero. With 6 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Fortaleza team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Flamengo is Pedro, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Fortaleza is Juan Martin Lucero, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Fortaleza scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 6.02 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Flamengo is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.47 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Flamengo in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.93 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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