Jorge Sampaoli's Flamengo is preparing to host Cruzeiro on the eighth match day of Serie A at the iconic Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium in Rio de Janeiro. This match is shaping up to be one of the most interesting encounters of the day. Both teams occupy the fifth position in the league table, along with São Paulo and Athletico PR, and so far have only won or lost, as none of their matches in this Serie A has ended in a draw.

Flamengo comes into this match after a 1-1 draw with Ñublense in the Copa Libertadores match on 25/05/2023, while in the last Serie A match, they beat Corinthians 1-0 at home, with the goal scored in the 94th minute by Léo Pereira.

So far in Serie A, Flamengo, having played 7 matches, has racked up 4 victories and 3 defeats, never drawing, identical to the path of their rivals, Cruzeiro. Flamengo has demonstrated an excellent scoring average in this Serie A season, having scored an average of 1.86 goals per match. In total, considering all competitions, they have scored at least 2 goals in 7 of their last 8 home matches.

Regarding Cruzeiro, they too have recorded 4 victories and 3 defeats in this Serie A season, scoring an average of 1.57 goals per match, and conceding an average of 0.86. Furthermore, more than 1.5 goals have been scored in the last 4 away matches of Cruzeiro.

Flamengo has won all the last 5 head-to-head tests, with an average of 1.8 goals scored per match.

Flamengo is expected to have the upper hand again this time against Cruzeiro in a match with several goals.

BetMines estimates that there will be more than 2.5 goals in the match with a probability of 62%.