PALMEIRAS v FIGUEIRENSE
Thursday 30th June 2016 – Kickoff: 1930hrs
Football – Brazil – Serie A Betting Tips
Brazilian Serie A league leaders Palmeiras suffered a 2-1 defeat away at Cruzeiro last time out, but they have a great chance of capturing another three points on Thursday night when they take on bottom half outfit Figueirense at their Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo.
That defeat means that Palmeiras head into tonight’s clash just two points ahead of second placed Internacional but having won all six of their home matches to date this season with an overall home record of 6-0-0 16/4, the hosts will be confident of securing the points here.
Forward Gabriel Jesus (7 goals) looks the main threat up front, while the defence has kept four clean sheets from these six home matches so far as the home side look to continue their impressive form.
Onto Figueirense, and they sit in 14th place (out of 20) with an impressive home record which still sees them unbeaten so far on home turf. However, it’s been their away performances and results that have let them down so far as they’re yet to record an away win this season.
An away record of 0-2-3 3/6 has been their return so far as they’ve lost at Atletico PR, America Mineiro and Santa Cruz with draws against Cruzeiro and Botafogo either side of the defeats. In addition, Figueirense have failed to score in their last three matches on their travels and they face a mean defensive unit this evening in Palmeiras.
Figueirense’s away results, historically, in Serie A are pretty average as they’ve managed just three wins from their last 18 away trips in this division, so the odds are firmly stacked against them here.
Pick: Palmeiras AH-1 @ 1.63 Unibet
