Wednesday sees home side Red Bull Bragantino lock horns with Fortalezain The Serie A fixture at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid. Showdown scheduled for July 20, 2022 15:00 EAT.
The home side will be looking to pick up a third Serie A win on the bounce, currently sitting eighth on the table with 24 points from 17 matches played. In their last five fixtures, two wins, one draw and two losses have been recorded.Over their past 6 clashes, a tally of 24 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 15 of them coming from them.
Maurício Barbieri‘s men will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-3 Serie A victory against América Mineiro. In that match, Red Bull Bragantino had 45% possession, 16 shots with 6 on target and goals scored by Alerrandro (2′, 7′) and Sorriso (41′). América Mineiro got 25 shots with 4 on target.
On the other hand, the visitors sit 19th on the table with 14 points from 17 matches played. In their last 5 fixtures, two wins, one draw and two losses have been recorded. In their last 6 fixtures, they suffered from a lack of goals contributing a tally of only 3 and their opponents had a tally equal 7.
Juan Vojvoda‘s side will hope for similar result following a 0-1 Serie A win to beat Atlético Goianiense in their previous game.In that game, Fortaleza had 38% possession, 9shots with 5 of them on target and a goal scored by Moisés (74′). Atlético Goianiense had 15 shots with 3 on target.
Bragantino vs Fortaleza Head-to-head
These two teams have had 8 encounters since 2008; Bragantino has 5 wins while Fortaleza has 3 wins.
- Bragantino 3-0 Fortaleza14/11/21
- Fortaleza 1-0 Bragantino25/07/21
- Bragantino 2-1 Fortaleza12/12/20
- Fortaleza 3-0 Bragantino30/08/20
- Bragantino 4-1 Fortaleza24/10/09
Home
- America FC MG 0-3 Bragantino
- Bragantino 4-0 Avai
- Bragantino 0-1 Botafogo
- Paranaense 4-2 Bragantino
- Santos 2-2 Bragantino
Away
- Goianiense GO 0-1 Fortaleza
- Ceara 1-0 Fortaleza
- Fortaleza 0-0 Palmeiras
- Estudiantes La Plata 3-0 Fortaleza
- Coritiba 2-1 Fortaleza
Red Bull Bragantino team news
Maurício Barbieri will miss the services of Emiliano Martínez due to injury.
Fortaleza team news
Juan Vojvoda will have a full fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
Bragantino are unbeaten in 6 of their last 9 home matches while Fortaleza lost 6 of their last 8 away league matches so far and has been fighting the pressure of relegation.
- Bragantino win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
