Added on October 11, 2017 Category Football Tips

Maracanã hosts this Thursday, October 12, Our Lady of Aparecida, Patron of Brazil, the first of a series of three confrontations involving Flamengo and Fluminense. The start of this sequence is valid for the twenty-seventh round of the Brazilian Championship. The following two clashes will decide which of the Rio teams will survive in the title race of the 2017 edition of the South American Cup.

Flamengo’s recent performance

After the loss of the title of the Brazilian Cup in the decision by penalties for Cruzeiro, the red-black crisis once again surfaced. It was partially contained precisely because the team had the opportunity to win a title this season through the Copa Sudamericana, which became a consolation prize after the failure in the Copa Libertadores of America.
However, the priority given to the competition of continental competition and the Brazilian Cup caused problems in the Brasileirão. Flamengo, who spent much of the tournament in the top four, fell in the standings.
Using reserve teams in part of the Brazilian Championship matches, he dropped to seventh place. He has 39 points (ten wins, nine draws and seven losses). It is at the limit of the qualifying zone for the qualifying round of the 2018 Copa Libertadores. A result considered quite bad for a club that presents high volume of investment.
The minimum expectation was that Flamengo achieved a position among the top four, which earns a direct place in the group stage of the Libertadores. It is with such pressure that the team will enter the field on Thursday, although that goal can also be reached through the South American.
To try to give satisfaction to the fans, however, coach Reinaldo Rueda has some problems to define the rubro-negra. He does not know if he can count on the one who is considered his main player. Midfielder Diego suffered a muscle injury in a 1-0 defeat at Ponte Preta in the twenty-sixth round and will need to go through a new assessment to see if he can play. The injury also caused his cut of the Brazilian national team. He had been called to the last two South American qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
This loss, if it happens, must be relativized. Despite Diego’s potential, the midfielder had not been delivering good performances lately. He was also responsible for the wasted penalty that led Cruzeiro to the Brazilian Cup title.
Other casualties may happen. With Peruvians Guerrero and Trauco and Colombian Cuellar serving their selections, Rueda can not count on them in preparation for the classic. You will have to wait for a positioning of the medical department and physiology at the time of the re-presentation of the athletes to know if you can count on them in the classic. Of that trio, striker Paolo Guerrero is certainly the most important.
The good news from the medical department came in relation to defender Réver. Recovered from injury, the athlete was released to participate normally in the training and will be available for the classic.

A forma atual do Fluminense

A situação do tricolor é ainda pior. Nas cinco últimas partidas do Brasileirão, o time sofreu quatro derrotas e conseguiu um empate. Dessa forma, depois de ter como meta alcançar a vaga na Libertadores da América, teve que reduzir suas expectativas. A luta do Fluminense agora é para evitar a queda para a Série B.
Com 31 pontos (sete vitórias, dez empates e nove derrotas), o time abriu a vigésima sétima rodada na décima sexta posição, a primeira fora da região da degola. Porém, é bastante provável que quando entrar em campo nesta quinta-feira esteja na zona de rebaixamento. Isso vai depender do resultado dos jogos agendados para quarta-feira, 11 de outubro.
O técnico Abel Braga também tem limitações impostas por contusões para definir seu time titular. O zagueiro Henrique, que sofreu uma contusão muscular, foi liberado pelo departamento médico e iniciou a transição da enfermaria para os treinamentos. Porém, precisa melhorar o condicionamento físico. Assim, dificilmente será liberado para atuar no clássico.
Outra baixa provável é do atacante Wellington Silva. O atleta tem uma lesão crônica no púbis. Esse problema fez com que o Bordeaux cancelasse sua contratação depois de ter fechado acordo com o Fluminense para sua transferência na mais recente janela de negociações do futebol europeu.
Histórico dos confrontos entre Flamengo e Fluminense
Vinte vitórias para cada lado. Esse é o retrospecto dos jogos entre Flamengo e Fluminense na história do Brasileirão. O empate foi registrado em 14 partidas, o que inclui o 2 a 2 do primeiro turno da temporada 2017.