Comments and predictions for Flamengo vs Deportivo Tachira: Rain of goals at Maracana

Latest Flamengo vs Deportivo Tachira team information

Flamengo will be without four key players, Nicolas de la Cruz, Gonzalo Plata, Erick Pulgar and Allan, due to injury. Meanwhile, Matias Vina still needs more time to regain his fitness after missing the entire 2025.

Wesley Franca has returned from domestic suspension, but Everton Soares and Brazil international Gerson remain doubtful as they both picked up minor injuries over the weekend.

Disciplinary issues are a serious weakness for Tachira in the continental arena this season. The two red cards for Edicson Tamiche and Carlos Sosa in the recent match against Cordoba mean that both will miss this match.

Carlos Vivas returned from suspension for the fourth game against Quito, while Lucas Acevedo and Jose Balza were also fit and on the bench for the 4-2 win at the weekend. Yanniel Hernandez, however, remains a doubt.

Latest expected lineup Flamengo vs Deportivo Tachira

Flamengo:
Rossi; Danilo, Leo Ortiz, Leo Pereira; Varela, Everton Araujo, De Arrascaeta, Alex Sandro; Luiz Araujo, Pedro, Bruno Henrique

Deportivo Tachira:
Camargo; Rosales, Vivas, Maidana, Quintero; Saggiomo, Requena, Calzadilla, Cova; Sosa, Castillo

Latest Flamengo vs Deportivo Tachira football prediction

Flamengo have the power to decide this week, because if they win, they will certainly pass the group stage regardless of the result of Central Cordoba or Quito, in the context of Group C having an extremely tight situation.

Central Cordoba will travel to Quito as the group leaders, three points clear of Flamengo and the Ecuadorian side themselves. Quito are currently level on points with Flamengo but have a one-goal lead on goal difference.

However, if Filipe Luis and his team stumble, they will face a great risk of falling to third place and having to play in the Copa Sudamericana.

In fact, the Brazilian team's situation was even more dire before the fifth match, when they were forced to defeat Quito to regain self-determination before this match.

Welcoming Tachira at home is the most comfortable scenario that Flamengo can hope for, because the Venezuelan representative has not won any points and is in a series of poor form.

A 2-0 win over Palmeiras on Sunday moved Flamengo just one point behind the leaders in the Brazilian league, promising an exciting title race this season.

However, all eyes will now be on the continental stage, where Flamengo are considered strong favourites to win when they host a Tachira side that is certain to be eliminated after five straight defeats.

Tachira started their Libertadores campaign with a 1-0 home defeat to Flamengo in their opening match, and things have only gone from bad to worse for them since then.

This is in stark contrast to their form domestically, where Edgar Perez Greco's men have qualified for the Apertura finals with four consecutive wins over the past month.

A 4-2 win at Carabobo last weekend sealed their place in the final, and the fact that their last three defeats in their last nine games have all come in the Libertadores – a place where Tachira simply aren't good enough to compete.

Latest Flamengo vs Deportivo Tachira score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Flamengo vs Deportivo Tachiraas follows:

• Sportsmole:Flamengo 3-0 Deportivo Tachira

• WhoScore:Flamengo 4-0 Deportivo Tachira
• Our newspaper predicts:Flamengo 4-0 Deportivo Tachira

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