Olimpia (Paraguay) vs Flamengo (Brazil)
Olimpia produced a worthy performance on their visit to Flamengo last Thursday, but it wasn’t enough to avoid a narrow 1-0 defeat. As a result, they need to win at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in order to keep their hope alive. On Sunday, El Decano beat Guarani 5-3 at home to stop a four-match winless streak of two draws and two defeats in all competitions (in regular time), which represented their first victory in the Paraguayan Torneo Clausura to make it four points in five matches. As the hosting side, Olimpia won four of their last six, along with two losses.
Bruno Henrique’s strike in the 49th minute allowed Flamengo to take the first step towards the Copa Libertadores’ quarter-finals through a 1-0 home success over Olimpia last Thursday. On Sunday, they succumbed to a heartbreaking 3-0 away defeat at Cuiaba EC to remain on 31 points in the Brasileirao table after 18 rounds of league action, trailing leaders Botafogo by 13. That loss stopped a 11-match unbeaten streak of eight victories and three draws in all competitions. Six of those games took place on the road:
Flamengo won four and drew two.
Both sides missed a lot of chances last week in Flamengo’s 1-0 win so considering the hosts are in a must win situation and the brazilian giants are always dangerous in attack, I expect to see goals here.