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This game brings together two of Brazil’s biggest teams head to head and the home side would be looking to take advantage of their home crowd to get the maximum points after 90 minutes.

Gremio have one of the strongest squads in the division and this is evidenced by them lifting the Copa Libertadores last season, however, they have still failed to win the Brazilian Serie A since 1996 and this season may be their last hope before teams start buying off their star men.

After their 1-0 win at the weekend, Gremio are currently 5th on the league table with 12 points from their first seven games. They have also secured advancements in the Brazilian Cup and the Copa Libertadores, keeping their hopes of a treble alive. They are unbeaten in 14 home games and they would be fighting to preserve that here.

Fluminense have made a surprisingly good start to the season after underachieving for the last few years. They currently have 13 points from their opening seven games which has helped them to sit second on the Serie A standings.

They beat Chapecoense 3-1 in their last league game and would be eager to get another three points here, however, their small squad would come under some serious tests beginning from this game as they face playing two games per week right until the World Cup.

These sides met 4 times last season across league and cup and Gremio were dominant, running out victorious on each occasion.

In the 4 meetings, Gremio scored 8 times with Fluminense managing just a single goal.

New England Revolution started the season with a defeat at the hands of Philadephia Union, but they recovered from that to win three of their opening five games and never tasted defeat until a month after their first loss. But it seems they have now hit a bad patch and their current form should worry their fans.

They played out a thriller in their 3-3 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps at the weekend, but they have managed just two wins from their last seven MLS games and three of those games have ended in losses. They are now sixth on the Eastern conference table and they would be eager to avoid their near-miss situation from last season.

Atlanta United are one of the newest teams in the MLS, yet their 7-0 win over New England Revolution in their very first MLS match is still fresh on the minds of both fans, coupled with their current good run of form, that could see them win here again with superior mental strength.

Atlanta are even a better side from last season and they come into this game as the leader of the Eastern Conference despite losing their last game New York Red Bulls. They are level on points with Columbus Crew who are second, but they have two games in hand and they couldn’t have wished for a better start to the season.

They have won eight of their 12 league games this season and scored an impressive 26 goals in the process, and whilst two of their three defeats have come in the last few weeks, both came on home soil. Away from home Atlanta United have won four games on the trot now, with their sole defeat coming back on the opening weekend of the season against Houston Dynamo.

After missing out on World Cup qualification, Romania have picked up some form in the friendlies ahead of this game. They recovered well from a loss to the Netherlands by beating Israel 2-0 away from home before following that up with a 1-0 win over World Cup participants, Sweden.

This game offers them the chance to collect three wins on the trot.

Chile also failed to qualify for the World Cup in a more surprising turn of events.

They followed up their disappointment with a win over Sweden also before being held by Denmark in their next match. Although they are a star-studded side, they seem to be hot and cold, it would be interesting to see which Chile turns up for this game.

Romania have developed their offensive side of play since missing out on the world and netting twice in Isreal was impressive, scoring against a Sweden side that is notorious for digging deep to get a result even does more to show that Romania can hurt any team at the moment.

These sides seem to find the net more often as they have both found the back of the net in four of their last five friendly games, both notching up eight goals in the process respectively.

Portugal gets their preparation for Russia 2018 underway with this friendly match against Tunisia who are also headed for the world football showpiece. One player who would be missing this game is Christiano Ronaldo who helped Real Madrid to win their third consecutive Champions League title in Kyiv on Saturday.

Going by how important he would be to Portugal in the World Cup, we feel they should have waited a little longer so he can join them.

This game offers the Portuguese the chance to give some of their up-and-coming players the chance to impress, however, they risk coming off as a one-man team here and in the competition when it begins if the next generation fails to kick on in this game.

They play Morocco in the finals, and they would be hoping Tunisia can help them understand how the North Africans would play.

Tunisia would be playing against England and Belgium in Russia and they see this game as one to help them play the Europeans when the competition begins.

We expect them to defend deep in this game and that would see the Portuguese struggle as they seem to be very blunt in their attack when C.

Ronaldo does not play for them.

Ronaldo scored almost half of Portugal’s 32 goals in the qualifiers with 15, he and Andre Silva netted a combined 25 goals for the European champions.

Silva, however, would struggle to lead the attack without Ronaldo after coming into this summer off the back of a poor first season in Milan.

This match pits South Korea together with Honduras who nearly qualified for the World Cup before falling to defeat at the hands of Australia in the playoffs. The South Koreans have suffered some dip in form since they secured qualification for the World Cup.

Would they get back to winning ways here ahead of their next three other warm-up games or would Honduras get revenge over an Asian country?

The hosts find themselves in one of the toughest World Cup groups that include Germany, Sweden and Mexico.

They have a chance of making it to the knockout rounds, but they have to pick up some form as they seem to have been on holiday mood for a while now. They secured World cup qualification since September last year with two goalless draws in their last two matches.

However, they have struggled to defend in their friendlies so far as they have conceded 14 goals in their last six friendlies beginning with a 4-2 loss against Russia and ending in a 3-2 loss to Poland, they know they need to up their game if they want to survive their World Cup group.

Honduras would be stepping into the field of play for the first time since their 3-1 loss to Australia in the playoffs in November. This match would see them come up against a team competing in the World Cup, but they would be confident that they can stretch the Koreans’ run of games without keeping a clean sheet having conceded in their last six games already.