Gameday in Rio for the round 9 between Flamengo & Fortaleza.

Flamengo will be without Gabigol & Rodinei suspended. De Arrascaeta is with his NT.

On their side Fortaleza has three important missings : Felipe, Lucas Lima & Brayan Ceballos.

Flamengo is ranked 10 with 3 wins, 3 draws & 2 losses for 9 goals scored & 7 goals conceded.

Fortaleza is ranked 20 with 2 draws & 6 losses for 4 goals scored & 11 goals conceded.

Very good spot here on Flamengo who is of course the best team in Brazil btu they aren’t that much on point yet. Their coach isn’t doing the best job as I already said few times. With a win on this game they would be for the first time in the G4.

Fortaleza made a huge season last year with a qualification in Copa Libertadores but now reality is back and they have to fight against the relegation.

They just lost 0-1 over Ceara where I expected them to win but they got an early red card. As I said they have three missings but of course they haven’t a deep roster as Flamengo to replace missing easily.

Flamengo will still go with a very solid eleven with Bruno Henrique, Pedro, Everton, Vitinho etc.

Fortaleza isn’t a defensive team at all and they are very weak defensively so if they play defensively on this game I don’t see them be able to resist. If they decide to play quite offensively against such an opponent they will suffer heavily.

I expect a strong performance by Flamengo and a win at the end 2-0 or 3-1.