Fluminense and Volta Redonda will decide this Saturday who advances to the final of the 2023 Carioca Championship.
Whoever wins advances to the decision and faces the winner of Flamengo and Vasco, who play on Sunday. The tie guarantees Volta Redonda in the final, as it won the first match by 2-1. Any victory for Fluminense leaves the tricolor team in the final, as it has the advantage of qualifying in cases of equal results in the sum of goals.
Needing to win, Fernando Diniz should send to the field the same team that has been a starter in the competition, with Keno in the attack, falling more on the left side. The trend is that Lima and Gabriel Pirani, quoted at the beginning of the week, start on the bench. A novelty on the bench will be striker John Kennedy, who returned on loan from Ferroviária, having scored six goals in the first phase of the Campeonato Paulista. Felipe Melo served his suspension and was also listed.
For the main match of the season for Volta Redonda so far, coach Rogério Correia has practically the entire team at his disposal. With no embezzlement besides Daniel Felipe, who is recovering from surgery on his left knee, the tendency is for him to send to the field the same team that beat Fluminense in the first leg by 2-1 at Raulino de Oliveira.
Bet 1: Both to score – 2.37
The Carioca Championship reached its semifinal stage and has a packed Fluminense facing Volta Redonda, which has a great campaign. In need of winning the game, Fluminense must go up against Voltaço, who is motivated after advancing to the 3rd phase of the Copa do Brasil. Therefore, a good guess is that both teams will score at least one goal in the match.
Bet 2: To have +0.5 goals in the 1st half – 1.44
When it comes to two very offensive teams in this Carioca Championship, it is a considerable guess to believe that at least one goal will be scored in the first 45 minutes of the duel between Volta Redonda and Fluminense.
To have +9.5 corners in the match – 1.66
Taking into account the statistics of the two teams, there is a good tendency for several corner kicks to be scored in the game, and it is a good guess to believe that at least ten corners will be scored in the game between Fluminense and Volta Rddonda on the Maracanã lawn.
