Flamengo take on the visitors America Mineiro in the round 14 match of Brazilian Serie A. The match will be played on Sunday, June 26th at Maracanã (Rio de Janeiro).
Flamengo has already changed the coach this season. The Vultures, after winning the league titles in both 2019 and 2020, missed Atlético Mineiro in the last draw. Although the 2nd place was taken, and in parallel the Brazilians reached the final of the Copa Libertadores, as a result, in the winter they decided to change their mentor. Like many other Brazilian clubs now, the club's bosses decided to bet on the Portuguese coach, Paulo Sousa, in whom they had already become disillusioned by the beginning of the summer. By that time, the Brazilians managed to play cool in the Cope Libertadores, where they took 16 points and took 1st place. But in Serie A, there was a drop right down to the actual relegation zone. The successor, Dorival Junior, started with a defeat, but then it was 2-0 with Cuiaba. Yes, and in the cup they lost to Atletico Mineiro, however, it was the first match of the round and the score is not hopeless, 1-2.
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America Mineiro shows quite controversial results. "Rabbits" in 2005-2009 played in Serie C. Quite quickly, in a couple of years, having achieved 2 promotions in a row, the team immediately flew to the 2nd division - and so several times in a row. Only now it is possible to stay in the “elite” not for the first year in a row. In 2021, America Mineiro took a fairly high, as for itself, 8th place. The Brazilians even made it to the Copa Libertadores, but frankly failed there, taking only 2 points in 6 matches and closing the table of their quartet. And in the national championship, the representative of Belo Horizonte shows rather mediocre results, hanging out at the relegation zone. The crisis underlined the 0-1 defeat of Fortaleza, the weakest team in the championship.
America Mineiro last won a head-to-head in 2000. After that, they have already held 11 meetings, and Flamengo won in 8 of them. True, in the last meeting, in September last year, the “vultures” were limited to 1-1 on the road. Flamengo needs success, and gets a home match with a crisis opponent. We risk betting on the hosts with a "-1" handicap.
Prediction for the match: Flamengo to win with -1.0 handicap.
