Flamengo vs Estudiantes - prediction, team news, lineups

Flamengo invited Estudiantes de La Plata to the Maracana connected Thursday for the 2nd limb of their Copa Libertadores semi-final, with a spot successful the last astatine involvement aft a goalless gully successful Argentina. 

The reigning champions get successful beardown home signifier aft beating Bahia 3-0 connected Sunday, a effect that kept them apical of the Brazilian Serie A, meantime the visitors rotated their squad for a 2-1 decision to San Lorenzo.

Match preview

The archetypal limb successful La Plata was a bruising contention successful which neither broadside managed to score, arsenic Flamengo had nary shots connected target, portion Estudiantes besides struggled to crook their attacking moments into a decisive advantage. 

The Brazilian broadside volition beryllium frustrated by their deficiency of menace successful the opening leg, having shared the tournament's starring scoring tally with Palmeiras, with 17 goals, and their mean of 6.3 shots connected people per lucifer highlights the attacking output that was missing successful Argentina. 

Leonardo Jardim described the archetypal gathering arsenic "extremely aggressive", reflecting the carnal quality of the contest, and the hosts volition anticipation the ambiance astatine the Maracana helps them enforce themselves earlier, but they indispensable besides debar allowing the juncture to crook into a frantic game. 

Flamengo person momentum to gully on, picking up a 3-0 triumph implicit Bahia successful the Serie A with goals from Jorginho, Gonzalo Plata and Lucas Paqueta — a triumph that kept them astatine the apical of the Brazilian league with 67 points. 

Estudiantes person taken a much hard way done the competition, finishing 2nd successful Group A down Flamengo, eliminated Universidad Catolica successful the circular of 16 and overcame Corinthians successful the quarter-finals. 

Their quality to triumph distant from location successful the second necktie is simply a reminder that they tin grip hostile surroundings, adjacent if their caller home signifier has been little convincing.

The visitors showed however fixated they are connected making the last by rotating past weekend, a determination that outgo Alexander Medina’s broadside 3 points arsenic they mislaid 2-1 astatine location to San Lorenzo successful the Argentine archetypal part fixture.

Guido Carrillo volition beryllium cardinal to their hopes, arsenic the striker has a beardown grounds successful the Libertadores for Estudiantes and has scored against Flamengo successful erstwhile meetings. 

There is simply a caller past of adjacent encounters betwixt these clubs, arsenic Flamengo eliminated Estudiantes connected penalties successful the 2025 quarter-finals aft the sides traded constrictive wins crossed the 2 legs. 

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Team News

Flamengo stay without Giorgian de Arrascaeta, who is recovering from country connected a fractured wrist, and defender Danilo, who is being treated for 2 fractures successful his jaw. 

Evertton Araujo is besides expected to miss retired aft suffering a grade-three wounded to his near adductor, portion Ayrton Lucas has returned to grooming with the squad and is expected to beryllium available, though helium is much apt to commencement connected the bench.

Saul remains a uncertainty aft reporting symptom successful the backmost of his near limb pursuing the archetypal leg, and had not returned to afloat radical grooming arsenic of the latest reports, truthful his availability volition beryllium connected further assessment. 

Jorginho, having served his suspension, is expected to instrumentality to the starting XI and supply an important beingness successful the mediate of the pitch.

At Estudiantes, the main uncertainty concerns Marcos Rojo, arsenic the club's exigency registration petition was rejected by CONMEBOL, prompting an entreaty to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. 

Coach Medina has said helium has a program whether oregon not the experienced defender is cleared to play, but the determination could impact his antiaircraft selection. 

Leandro Gonzalez Pirez and Tomas Palacios instrumentality from suspension and should fortify the visitors' antiaircraft options. 

Gabriel Neves remains unavailable with an limb fracture, portion Eric Meza and Jalil Elias are doubts due to the fact that of musculus injuries. 

If Rojo is not cleared, Medina volition person to take betwixt his returning defenders and the alternatives who featured successful the archetypal leg.

Flamengo imaginable starting lineup:

Rossi; Emerson Royal, Leo Ortiz, Leo Pereira, Alex Sandro; Erick Pulgar, Jorginho; Jorge Carrascal, Lucas Paqueta, Samuel Lino; Bruno Henrique

Estudiantes imaginable starting lineup:

Muslera; Mancuso, Santiago Nunez, Tomas Palacios, Benedetti; Piovi, Castro; Tiago Palacios, Baltasar Rodriguez, Tobio Burgos; Guido Carrillo

We say: Flamengo 1-0 Estudiantes

Flamengo should person the greater stock of possession and attacking unit astatine the Maracana, and their caller home results suggest they are successful a bully presumption to find the breakthrough. 

Estudiantes person already shown they tin marque the contention uncomfortable, and their champion accidental whitethorn beryllium to support the people level for arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable earlier targeting a acceptable portion oregon a mistake. However, the location broadside person capable attacking prime to nutrient 1 decisive moment. 

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