Flamengo
Line-up
- 1Diego Alves
- 16Filipe Luis
- 3Caio, Rodrigo
- 44Isla, Mauricio
- 14De Arrascaeta, Giorgian
- 9Gabriel Barbosa
- 4Leo Pereira
- 35Gomes
- 17Hugo Moura
- 11Vitinho
- 43Rodrigo Muniz
- 2Gustavo Henrique
- 10Diego
- 8Gerson
- 7Everton Ribeiro
- 21Pedro
Subs
- 22Gabriel Souza
- 45Hugo Souza
- 34Matheuzinho França
- 36Ramon
- 30Bruno Viana
- 31Max
- 19Michael Richard
Velez Sarsfield
Line-up
- 12L. Hoyos
- 5Ortega, Francisco
- 17L. Gianetti
- 6M. De los Santos
- 24T. Guidara
- 35Santiago Cáseres
- 28M. Brizuela
- 16Poblete, Geronimo
- 7Centurion, Ricardo
- 32Mateo Pellegrino
- 9C. Tarragona
- 30Federico Mancuello
- 10Almada, Thiago
- 11L. Janson
- 23Bouzat, Agustin
- 19J. Lucero
Subs
- 22Dominguez, Alexander
- 29Abram, Luis
- 4H. De La Fuente
- 13Joaquín García
- 27P. Galdames
- 36Nicolás Garayalde
- 44Lenny Lobato
Last month's reverse fixture between the two teams saw Flamengo win an entertaining encounter 3-2 and Friday's hosts are set to be tested once again, as Velez are looking to win and finish top of Group G.
However, I feel that the Brazilians will secure a narrow victory in Rio de Janeiro to extend their unbeaten record in the competition.