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Flamengo will host Penarol at Estadio do Maracana on Thursday in the first leg of their 2024 Copa Libertadores quarterfinal clash. The home side have endured a difficult run of results in their league assignments in recent weeks and will hope they can find better luck elsewhere this week.
They faced Bolivar in the last 16 of the Copa Libertadores last month, picking up a 2-0 win in their first-leg clash, with Luiz Araujo and Leo Pereira getting on the scoresheet in either half to hand the Brazilian side the advantage ahead of their second-leg clash on the road a week later which they lost 1-0.
Penarol, meanwhile, locked horns with The Strongest in the previous round of the continental showpiece, carrying out a 4-0 demolition of their opponents in the first-leg clash on home turf. They suffered a 1-0 defeat in the second leg a week later but had done more than enough to advance to the quarterfinals.
The visitors are set to feature at this stage of the Copa Libertadores for the first time in over a decade and will be hopeful of a positive outcome.
Flamengo vs Penarol Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Thursday's game will mark the fifth competitive meeting between Flamengo and Penarol. The visitors are undefeated in all four of their previous matchups picking up three wins and a draw in that period.
- The two teams last faced off in the 2019 Copa Libertadores with their group stage clash ending goalless.
- The hosts have failed to score any goals in all four of their games against Penarol, a run stretching back to 1982.
- Decano have scored 16 goals in the Copa Libertadores this season. Only Palmeiras (17) have scored more.
Flamengo vs Penarol Prediction
Flamengo are on a run of back-to-back unbeaten outings and have lost just one of their last five games across all competitions. They have picked up six wins and two draws from their last eight games at the Maracana Stadium and will head into the midweek clash as sure-fire favorites.
Penarol have won two of their last three games after winning just one of their previous four. They have, however, lost three of their last four games on the road and could see defeat here as well.
Prediction: Flamengo 2-0 Penarol
Flamengo vs Penarol Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Flamengo to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Each of the last four matches between the two teams have all produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Only one side have found the back of the net in three of their previous four matchups)
