The Brasileirão Serie A continues to go by and the teams are already showing that they are reaching the top of their conditions; so, from now on we can expect a tournament full of emotions with high-voltage matches on each of the new match days that will be played.
Despite their defeat on matchday 15, Palmeiras continues to lead the standings; thanks to a three-point cushion over Corinthians, who also lost their match, and a five-point cushion over Atlético Mineiro and Paranaense, who are now their closest pursuers.
Little by little and without making much noise in the tournament, Atlético Paranaense has managed to sneak into the top three places in the table, with an extraordinary rebound in recent weeks where it has not known defeat. Atlético Mineiro continues in a very good moment of the season.
On the other side of the coin, we have Fortaleza and Juventude, two teams that, in 15 games played, seem not to have realized that the season has already started and, to recover from this terrible situation they are living, they have to make a radical change in their approach for each match.
Brasileirão Matchday 15: Palmeiras vs. Atlético PR
When: Saturday, July 02 at 08:00 pm ET
Moneyline odds: Palmeiras -240 / Atlético PR +680 (Source: MyBookie.ag)
Draw Offs: +330
Where Can I Watch? Paramount+ / ViX / Premiere 3
Palmeiras lost 0-2 on Saturday to Atlético Paranaense; which climbed to second place in the Brazilian Championship standings. However, el Verde remains the sole leader of the tournament after the end of the fifteenth matchday.
In a match where both teams reserved most of their starting players for their Copa Libertadores commitments; both Palmeiras and Paranaense gave us a great match that ended with an incredible victory for Paranaense at Palmeiras’ home.
If we go to the general statistics of the match, we can see that Palmeiras did everything to get the victory they were much more deserving of the victory than Paranaense. In terms of shots, Palmeiras had 35 shots and 7 of them were on target, while Paranaense only shot 13 times and 5 of them were on target.
Ball possession was also totally controlled by Palmeiras with 72% and, the number of passes made was more than double for Palmeiras. This indicates that the locals were not very effective when attacking and let slip a victory.
Despite this, Palmeiras continues to lead the standings with 29 points, while Paranaense climbed to second place with 27 units.
Result: Palmeiras (0) – (2) Atlético Paranaense
Brasileirão Matchday 15: Fluminense vs. Corinthians
When: Saturday, July 02 at 03:30 pm ET
Moneyline odds: Fluminense +119 / Corinthians +255 (Source: MyBookie.ag)
Draw Offs: +205
Where Can I Watch? Paramount+ / ViX / Premiere 3
On matchday 15 of the Brazilian soccer championship, Fluminense gave a blow on the table by crushing one of the most consistent and powerful teams of this season, Corinthians with an excellent 4-0 result with an impressive Germán Cano scoring 2 of his team’s 4 goals. For Fluminense, Manoel and Fred also scored goals, in the 15th and 90+1 minutes, respectively.
In the 15th minute of the match, Manoel managed to thrill his fans with a spectacular header from the big area after a very good cross from Jhon Arias.
From this goal on, Fluminense had total control of the match, generating many scoring chances that kept Corinthians, who were unrecognizable, on the ropes. Before the end of the first half, specifically in the 41st minute, Germán Cano scored his first goal of the match to give Fluminense the peace of mind to go into the break with a two-goal lead.
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The second half started with the same tone as the first, with Fluminense on top of Corinthians, attacking them from all parts of the field, making clear the superiority they had in this match. In the 71st minute, Germán Cano scored his second goal of the match thanks to a back pass from the right flank.
Before the end of the match, in the 90+1 minute, Fluminense under a very similar action to the third goal, with a back pass from the right flank, had Fred in charge of sending the ball to the back of the Corinthians net to seal the match with an excellent score of 4-0.
With this result, Corinthians dropped to fourth place in the standings with 26 points, 3 points behind first place and only 1 point behind second place. Fluminense remained in sixth place and is only 3 points behind second place.
Result: Fluminense (4) – (0) Corinthians
Brasileirão Matchday 15: Ceará vs. Internacional
When: Saturday, July 02 at 06:00 pm ET
Moneyline odds: Ceará +149 / Internacional +195 (Source: MyBookie.ag)
Draw Offs: +205
Where Can I Watch? Paramount+ / ViX / Premiere 3
Ceará and Internacional had no advantage in this 15th matchday of the Brazilian championship, held last Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Castelao Stadium.
It was one of the most evenly matched games of this matchday 15, both teams had almost equal chances to score goals and go up on the scoreboard, but the defenses managed to do the job, containing each of the onslaughts of both teams.
Ceará started winning the match thanks to a penalty goal scored in the 19th minute by Vinicius Moreira de Lima. Everything seemed to indicate that Ceará would go up and attack Internacional, taking advantage of their home advantage and the fact that they were ahead on the scoreboard. However, Internacional managed to wake up almost immediately and, only 4 minutes later, they managed to equalize the scoreboard thanks to a goal by Moisés Roberto Barbosa.
From this point on, the match went back and forth, Internacional missed the chance to take the lead in the 31st minute when Kaique Rocha’s shot hit the crossbar. Ceará had an excellent 61% possession of the ball.
The undisputed figure of this match was Ceará’s goalkeeper, Vinicius Machado, who managed to stop 7 shots and made 10 correct passes.
With this result, Internacional dropped to fifth place in the standings, with a total of 25 points. Meanwhile, Ceará, with its fifth consecutive draw, has managed to move away from the relegation zone to 15th place with 18 points, only 3 points behind eighth place.
Result: Ceará (1) – (1) Internacional
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Eduardo Perozo: Author
Eduardo Perez is a Gambyl sports betting staff writer. He is based in South America and is an expert in all things Football especially when it comes to Ecuardorian and Brazilian league soccer.
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