Flamengo vs Ind. del VallePrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Flamengo won their Libertadores group, Group A, with 16 points from six matches: five wins, one draw and no defeats, fourteen goals scored and just two conceded. At home the record is perfect, three wins from three, eight goals scored against just one; away from home two more wins and a draw in three matches, six goals scored and just one conceded. Independiente del Valle also finished top of their group, Group H, with 13 points from six matches: four wins, one draw and one defeat, eleven goals scored and six conceded. At home three wins from three, eight scored and two conceded; away from home one win, one draw and one defeat in three matches, three goals scored and four conceded. The two sides met a few days ago in the first leg of this quarter-final, played in Ecuador: Flamengo won 2-0. Looking further back, the record still favours the Brazilians: in March 2023 Flamengo won 1-0 at home, though in February of that same year Independiente del Valle had won 1-0 on their own ground; going back to 2020, Flamengo won 4-0 at home while Independiente del Valle won 5-0 in the match played on their own turf. As for recent form, Flamengo arrive from the 2-0 win in Ecuador, before that a 1-0 win over Remo, a 2-0 home win over Mirassol, a 3-0 win over Botafogo and, further back, a 1-2 defeat away at Cruzeiro. Independiente del Valle, besides the 0-2 home defeat in the first leg, won 3-1 over Macará, having previously lost 1-2 away at Barcelona SC, drawn 2-2 with Universidad Católica and, further back, won 3-1 over Deportes Tolima. The competition average is 2.33 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.