Week 8 features a match on Sat May 28th, where Goiás and Bragantino will play a match in Goiânia in a clash of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 15th placed Goiás, recorded a 0-1 loss against Flamengo. Pedro scored the first goal for Flamengo in the 17th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Goiás couldn’t muster any offence and Flamengo ran away with the shutout win. Goiás is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while bragantino sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Palmeiras. dos Santos de Oliveira struck first for Palmeiras in the 30th minute on a feed from Furtado Scarpa, then Raphael Veiga added another in the 9th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot In the end, Bragantino couldn’t muster any offence and Palmeiras ran away with the shutout win. Bragantino is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Apr 20th, Goiás hosted Bragantino at the Estádio De Hailé Pinheiro in their last match together. Bragantino took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Apodi struck first for Goiás in the 8th minute, but Oliveira dos Santos got the equalizer for Bragantino in the 21st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 62nd minute on a goal by Luan Candido.
Bragantino’s top weapon lately has been Oliveira dos Santos, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Elvis has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Goiás.