Brasiliero 12-13.08.2006

[Milos NS]

Cruzeiro - Fluminense

Just 5 points is between 1st Sao Paolo and 8th Fluminense and it's pretty normal that lot of club thinks about Copa Libertadores qualification and ever championship ring this season. Today at 21:00 we have great game in Estádio Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte, between Cruzeiro and Fluminense.

Well we may say that Fluminense is in problems in last weeks. Their form is not so good. They have 4-3-3 in last 10 games but no win in last month:
2006-08-06 Ponte Preta-Fluminense 3-0
2006-07-30 Fluminense-Botafogo RJ 1-1
2006-07-22 Fluminense-Sao Caetano 2-2
2006-07-16 Gremio-Fluminense 4-4
After heavy loss against Ponte Preta, some things changed in Fluminense. Coach Oswaldo de Oliveira resigned on his position, and new coach is Josué Teixeira. Teixeira will have hard task to calm situation in club down, becouse after these bad resoults players are pretty nervous... Claudio Pittbull and Dejan "Rambo" Petkovic gave last week beat the hell out of young Marcello, becouse he tried to drible past Petkovic...
For this game new coach already said that they will play in 3-6-1 formation, and he said maybe the most smartest thing he could said: "I will give full freedom of play to Dejan "Rambo" Petkovic!", so one forward (Tuta) and Petkovic on offensive midlefield. Lenny forward is suspended for this game. Defener Arouca is back in team after suspension, and midlefielder Tiago is back after injury.

Home team is in good position on table, but they also have some form problems. In last 10 games they have 4-4-2 form, but in last 4 games no win for them either:
2006-08-06 Cruzeiro-Santa Cruz 3-3
2006-07-30 Vasco da Gama-Cruzeiro 1-0
2006-07-22 Parana Clube-Cruzeiro 1-0
2006-07-16 Cruzeiro-Goias 0-0
Coach Paulo César Gusmão have some injury and suspension problems for this big game. Sandro, Jonílson, Martinez and Fábio Santos are all injured, but just last two are 100% out, Sandro and Jonilson may play but they will know if they are ready just before the game. Forward Gil is in Spain, where he is trying to sell himself so he is out also.

h2h:
2005-09-08 02:45 Cruzeiro 2 6 Fluminense
2005-05-08 23:10 Fluminense 2 1 Cruzeiro
2004-11-27 21:00 Cruzeiro 2 3 Fluminense
2004-07-31 23:00 Fluminense 0 0 Cruzeiro
2003-12-07 19:00 Cruzeiro 5 2 Fluminense
2003-08-02 21:00 Fluminense 2 2 Cruzeiro
2002-08-11 21:00 Fluminense 5 1 Cruzeiro
2001-10-21 20:00 Cruzeiro 1 0 Fluminense

Probable squads:
CRUZEIRO: Fábio; Jonathan, Edu Dracena, Thiago Heleno e Sandro; Jonilson, Diogo, Leandro Bomfim e Wagner; Carlinhos Bala e Alecsandro
Técnico: Paulo César Gusmão

FLUMINENSE: Fernando Henrique; Tiago, Marcão e Roger; Rogério, Ângelo, Arouca, Juliano, Petkovic e Marcelo; Tuta
Técnico: Josué Teixeira

***Very interesting h2h, and there I must go with main bet here OVER 2.5 @1.70 Sportingbet 7/10. Other bet will be Fluminense +1/2AH @1.91 at Stan James 3/10.

[EdgeSeek]

Thanks for your reply Raven.
Appreciate the feedback. "Unfathomable" is the operative word...! :-)
Cheers.

[Milos NS]

Fluminense 3-2 FT

[bromsgrovegreen]

great pick,3-1 at stan james recouped my losses after rangers blew my treble of palace,gretna and rangers! cheers milo

[Milos NS]

Santos 1-1FT , bet void but SAntos missed penalty

[EdgeSeek]

Great Calls Milos

Managed to sneak some on Santos +0.25 @ 1.8 so had half a win.

Keep up the great work...!