Flamengo vs Deportes Tolima

Thanks to a stunning goal from Andreas Pereira in the first half, Flamengo secured a valuable 1-0 away success at Deportes Tolima and now they need to avoid the defeat at home to advance to the quarter-finals. On Saturday, they also beat Santos 2-1 away to make it three consecutive victories in all competitions. They are now performing an irregular campaign in the league, sitting in eighth spot on 21 points after 15 rounds. Flamengo won six of their last seven home matches, losing only once in that spell.

Deportes Tolima need to win in Brazil to keep their hope alive in the Copa Libertadores following their 1-0 home defeat to Flamengo last Wednesday. The team rested last weekend as the Colombian Torneo Finalizacion will start on Thursday. Therefore, El Pijao registered three victories and three losses in their last six matches in all competitions (including the league final lost to Atletico Nacional on aggregate). On a positive note, Tolima lost only two of their last 18 away games, winning ten and drawing six.

Flamengo probably didn’t deserve to win the 1st leg, but I definitely expect them to dominate here against this Deportes Tolima that will miss some important players like Plata and Ibarguen due to injury.

BET: Flamengo -1 @ 1.79