Flamengo vs América-MG Prediction: Flamengo should beat the last-placed team

Flamengo, the second-placed team, hosts América-MG, the last-placed team, in a match where the Carioca team is the favorite. More than 50,000 tickets have already been sold for the game, revealing Flamengo's good momentum. Few are betting on a victory for the Miners at the Maracanã, and there are reasons for that; in addition to the practically opposite positions in the table, Flamengo has the best attack in the league, while América has the worst defense.

Since the heavy 4-0 defeat against RB Bragantino, the Mengão has never lost again. It has now been six games without defeat in all competitions. In this period, Flamengo climbed to second place in the Brasileirão, qualified for the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil and secured passage to the Copa Libertadores knockout stage. The team drew its last two games in the Brasileirão, but they were both away from home and against heavyweight teams, Champion Palmeiras and rival Fluminense. Botafogo has twelve points more than Sampaoli's team, but there are still a lot of rounds to play. In this game against América, the Vulture will attack from the start of the match. The Maracanã demands it.

The Rabbit is more suited to cup games this season and less to the championship. In the last week, América was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil, on penalties against Corinthians and won overwhelmingly 5-1 against Colo-Colo, for the Copa Sudamericana. In the Brasileirão, however, things are quite bad. The Miners are in last place, with one game in hand, against the team immediately above them, Vasco da Gama. The team has shown some fragility in defense and is expected to struggle against Flamengo's forwards.

Flamengo has all the conditions to win the game as it's the team with the best players, they are confident, and only a performance without defensive mistakes from América can prevent the defeat of the Miners. Something that has not happened in the Brasileirão. I will bet that Flamengo wins at half-time and at full-time.