Cruzeiro vs Flamengo — Tips & Analysis

Under 2.5: These two meet for the third time in ten days, and the last one finished 48 hours ago. Flamengo won that Libertadores leg 2-1 to go through 3-2 on aggregate. Both squads get two days to recover, so both managers will change their teams. Tired, rotated sides rarely trade goals. The history says the same thing. The last 20 meetings averaged 2 goals in total, and only 3 in 10 of them had 3 goals or more. A 1-1 and a 0-0 sit among the recent results. Cruzeiro are hard to score against. They let in less than a goal a game and have won 9, tied 6 and lost 3 of their last 18. Flamengo defend well too. They also let in less than a goal a game and have lost only 2 of their last 16. Both sides are missing key men. Flamengo have no Alex Sandro, Vitao, De la Cruz or Cebolinha. Cruzeiro are without Gabriel Pec and L. Sinisterra, and Jonathan Jesus is suspended. A 1-1 is the read, and that keeps the count down. The danger is Flamengo's front line. They score almost 2 goals a game, and 8 of their last 16 games had 3 or more goals. A strong Flamengo team could open this up. We still expect a quiet, tired night.