On Thursday early morning, Athletico Paranaense will welcome Flamengo to the Alinja Arena for the second leg of their Copa do Brasil quarter-final match. The current holders Flamengo will go into the contest with a slender lead after claiming a 2-1 victory in the first leg. Athletico Paranaense have reached the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil for a third consecutive season after prevailing on penalties against both Clube de Regatas Brasil and Botafogo. They were eliminated by Flamengo at this stage of the competition last year, and there is a risk of history repeating itself following a narrow defeat in the away leg. After losing to Flamengo last week, Athletico Paranaense suffered another disappointing result at the weekend, falling to a 1-0 away defeat in their league meeting with Fortaleza. Meanwhile, after beating Maringa and Fluminese in the third and fourth round respectively, Flamengo are competing in the last eight of the Copa do Brasil for the seventh consecutive season. They followed their first-leg victory with a 1-1 draw in Saturday's league fixture against Palmeiras, extending their unbeaten run to five matches across all competitions. For this encounter, I am expecting a win or a draw for Flamengo for the following reasons:

Firstly. Flamengo look well set to continue their defence of the trophy that they won last term after they came from behind to win the first leg of their quarter-final tie thanks to a Pedro penalty and Bruno Henrique's 71st-minute winner. Although they were beaten by Athletico Paranaense in the league earlier this season, that result represents the only defeat that they have suffered in the last six meetings between the two sides. They are also on a good run of form presently in all competitions. They are unbeaten in their last five games, winning four of them.

Secondly. Athletico Paranaense are on a three-game winless run, losing their last two games in the process. After falling to a 1-0 defeat in their last outing against Fortaleza, they will now turn their attention back to cup action, and after avoiding defeat in their last five competitive home matches, Athletico Paranaense will be hopeful of mounting a turnaround on Thursday morning. They will also take confidence from the fact that they have already recorded a home victory over Flamengo this season, claiming a 2-1 win when the two sides met in the league in May.

Athletico Paranaense know that only a win will do in this second leg meeting, but I think that their Copa do Brasil campaign will come to an end against Flamengo. Flamengo have lost only one of their last seven away matches in all competitions, and I am not expecting anything less than a win or a draw for them against Athletico Paranaense on Thursday morning.

周四凌晨，巴拉南竞技队将欢迎弗拉门戈队来到阿林贾竞技场，进行巴西杯1 / 4决赛的第二回合比赛。目前的卫冕冠军弗拉门戈在首回合以2-1获胜后将以微弱的领先优势进入比赛。在点球大战中战胜巴西帆船俱乐部和博塔弗戈之后，巴拉南竞技连续第三个赛季进入巴西杯四分之一决赛。在去年的比赛中，他们在这个阶段被弗拉门戈淘汰，在客场以微弱的劣势落败之后，历史可能会重演。在上周输给弗拉门戈之后，帕拉纳塞竞技在周末又遭遇了令人失望的结果，在与福塔莱萨的联赛中客场0 - 1惨败。与此同时，继在第三轮和第四轮分别击败马林加和弗鲁米内塞后，弗拉门戈队连续第七个赛季进入巴西杯八强。在首回合胜利之后，他们在周六的联赛中1-1战平帕尔梅拉斯，将他们的不败纪录扩大到五场。对于这场比赛，我希望弗拉门戈能赢或平，原因如下:

首先。在1 / 4决赛首回合比赛中，凭借佩德罗的点球和布鲁诺·恩里克在第71分钟的进球，弗拉门戈队反超对手，卫冕上个赛季的冠军奖杯。虽然他们本赛季早些时候在联赛中被帕拉纳斯竞技击败，但这一结果是他们在两队最近6次交锋中唯一的失败。他们目前在所有比赛中都处于良好的状态。他们在最近五场比赛中保持不败，其中四场获胜。

其次。帕拉纳斯竞技队正处于三场无胜的状态，在此过程中输掉了最后两场比赛。在上一场与福塔莱萨的比赛中0 - 1惨败后，他们现在将注意力转向杯赛，在最近五场主场比赛中避免失利后，帕拉纳竞技有望在周四上午实现逆转。他们也将从本赛季主场战胜弗拉门戈的事实中获得信心，他们在5月份的联赛中以2-1战胜了弗拉门戈。

巴拉南竞技知道在第二回合的比赛中只有一场胜利才能做到，但我认为他们的巴西杯之旅将在对阵弗拉门戈的比赛中结束。弗拉门戈在最近的七场客场比赛中只输了一场，我不希望他们在周四早上对阵巴拉南竞技的比赛中取得一场胜利或平局。