Flamengo 5/6 to beat Ceara in Sunday’s Brazil Serie A showdown

Competition: Brazil Serie A

Market: Flamengo win

Odds: 5/6 @ 888sport

With the chance to potentially climb to the top of the Serie A standings on Sunday night, Flamengo will make the trip to an empty Fortaleza this weekend.

Starting with the hosts, while Ceara might have enjoyed what was a real purple patch heading into September, Vozão have found themselves come crashing back down to earth. Putting in what was another sluggish display earlier in the week, Guto Ferreira’s men were hit with a deserved 2-0 defeat away at league leaders Internacional and now find themselves on the verge of slipping out of the top-10. Coming off the back of back-to-back Serie A defeats, the White and Blacks could also be concerned by their recent record against Sunday’s guests. Including what was a 4-1 drumming when they made the trip to Flamengo last season, Ceara have lost three of their last four meetings against the title chasers and have remarkably never managed to clinch three points against them on home soil in the club’s history.

As for the visitors, while Ceara might find themselves in the midst of a sluggish patch, Flamengo have really continued to shine and know that three points on Sunday could see them close the weekend at the top of the table. Picking up what was a deserved 2-1 win away at former champions Fluminense last time out, Mengão are on a four-match Serie A winning run and the mood in their camp is at a red-hot high. Traveling to Fortaleza looking to lay down another marker on their travels, it could be worth keeping an eye out for leading marksman Gabriel Barbosa. Once again finding the net against Fluminense, the 24-year-old has found the net in his last five appearances on the bounce and is apparently attracting interest from across Europe. Given their rampant record against Sunday’s hosts, we’re backing a similar outcome this weekend.

Bet: Flamengo 5/6 to beat Ceara in Sunday’s Brazil Serie A showdown @ 888sport