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FORTALEZA RELIES ON HOME INVINCIBILITY AGAINST DEFENSIVELY ACTIVE JUVENTUDE

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  May 10, 2025   Fortaleza EC - EC Juventude   Arena Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil On Saturday, May 10, 2025, Fortaleza will face Juventude in the Brazilian Série A. The clash between teams with different trajectories promises an interesting confrontation between home offensive power and a visiting team that relies on shot blocks. Fortaleza avoided defeat in 11 of the 12 clashes with Juventude in Brasileirão Série A (6 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss), including the last eight (4 wins, 4 draws). At home, the "Leão" (Lion) won five of the six games against "Ju" in this competition (1 draw). Before the defeat to Palmeiras in their last home match (1-2), Fortaleza had gone 24 games undefeated at home in the Brasileirão Série A (16 wins, 8 draws). The club will now want to restore this impressive record against an opponent with whom they have historically had a very favorable record. Juventude conceded 15 goals in seven matches in the Brasileirão Série A 2025 (average of 2.1 p...

THE LEAGUE'S FAIREST PLAYER HEADS TO LETNÁ: BOLESLAV'S BLACK STREAK AGAINST TROUBLED SPARTA

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  AC Sparta Praha – FK Mladá Boleslav April 13th, 2025 Sunday's program of the 29th round of the Chance Liga will culminate at Letná, where the home team Sparta will welcome Mladá Boleslav. What makes this duel intriguing is that two teams currently struggling with poor form will clash. After a 1-1 draw in the last round against Baník Ostrava, Sparta has already recorded its 11th match without a win (5 draws, 6 losses) in this Chance Liga season. This is the most point losses for the Letná team at this stage of the competition since the 2019-20 season under Václav Jílek (then 16 matches without a win; 8 draws, 8 losses). Sparta currently has 56 points, which is the fewest since the same season (44) and 14 points fewer than in the previous one. Mladá Boleslav is in an even worse situation. The Central Bohemians lost their fifth Chance Liga match in a row, succumbing 0-1 to Dukla Praha. They thus recorded the most consecutive defeats in a single league season since the summer of...

NAPOLI SEEKS TO STOP DREAM RUN: BATTLE OF THE LEAGUE'S TWO BEST DEFENDING TEAMS

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  Bologna - Napoli April 7th, 2025 Renato Dall'Ara Stadium will witness one of the most important matches of this Serie A round on Monday evening. The home side Bologna is experiencing a fantastic period under Vincenzo Italiano's leadership, having won their last five league matches. In the history of Italy's top flight, Rossoblu have managed to record a longer winning streak only three times - six consecutive wins under Thiago Motta between February and March 2024, six wins under Luis Carniglia in April and May 1967, and ten consecutive wins under Fulvio Bernardini between November 1963 and February 1964. Bologna can also boast excellent home form. The Red-Blues have won six consecutive league matches at their stadium. The last time they managed to win more home duels in a row was between March and August 2019, when they recorded eight wins under the legendary Sinisa Mihajlović. Since the beginning of the calendar year, Bologna has been the best scoring team in the en...