This game brings together two Brazilian teams that still have a lot to play for and they would both look to get maximum points from this game.<\/p>\n
When Sport Recife lost 4-0 to Atletico PR a couple of weeks back,it was concluded in several quarters that they are set to be relegated this season as that was a 14th defeat in 19 games, but they have since turned things around.<\/p>\n
They come into this game a point above the relegation and with 4 games to go they would be desperate to keep this current run of form going in this game.<\/p>\n
The home side are unbeaten in their last 5 games and they have won 3 of their last 4 home games, so confidence would be high in their ranks here.<\/p>\n
Flamengo are still playing for the league title. They are currently 7 points behind leaders Palmeiras with just 4 more games left.<\/p>\n
While the title seems to\u00a0 be almost beyond their reach, they should go into every game targeting a win.<\/p>\n
They beat Santos 1-0 in their last game.<\/p>\n
It was a scrappy game, but you don’t need to win beautifully to win titles and that is a major message they are sending out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This game brings together two Brazilian teams that still have a lot to play for and they would both look to get maximum points from this game. When Sport Recife lost 4-0 to Atletico PR a couple of weeks back,it was concluded in several quarters that they are set to be relegated this season as that was a 14th defeat in 19 games, but they have since turned things around. They come into this game a point above the relegation and with 4 games to go they would be desperate to keep this current run of form going in this game. The home side are unbeaten in their last 5 games and they have won 3 of their last 4 home games, so confidence would be high in their ranks here. Flamengo are still playing for the league title. They are currently 7 points behind leaders Palmeiras with just 4 more games left. While the title seems to\u00a0 be almost beyond their reach, they should go into every game targeting a win. They beat Santos 1-0 in their last game. It was a scrappy game, but you don’t need to win beautifully to win titles and that is a major message they are sending out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazilian-serie-a","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n