Brasileirão 2007 - Round 37 with predictions

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Most things can be decided in this round.

Sat, Nov 24 [day of almost irrelevant matches]:

América-RN (20th) - Grêmio (7th)
América: relegated.
Grêmio: must win out and hope two of {Cru, Pal, Fla}
don't win any game or just one of them go winless and
Santos lose out to get a Libertadores spot.
1-2.

Fluminense (6th) - Juventude (19th)
Flu: already have a Libertadores spot.
Ju: must win out and hope Corinthians and Goiás don't
get more than one point and Paraná don't win any game
to avoid the drop.
3-1.

Sun, Nov 25 [Libertadores battle day]:

Internacional (9th) - Palmeiras (4th)
Inter: should get a Sudamericana spot with 2 or 3 points.
Palmeiras: to get a Libertadores spot they need:
- to win out OR
- get four points and hope Cruzeiro don't win out or
Flamengo don't get more than 3 points or Santos don't
win any game OR
- win one game and hope Cruzeiro don't get more than 3
points or Flamengo don't win any game or Santos don't
get more than 1 point OR
- pray a lot.
1-1.

São Paulo (1st) - Botafogo (8th)
SP: champions.
Bota: need to win out and hope for a miracle to get a
Libertadores spot.
2-1.

Flamengo (3rd) - Atlético-PR (10th)
Fla: to get a Libertadores spot they need:
- to win out OR
- get four points and hope Cruzeiro don't win out or
Palmeiras don't get more than 3 points or Santos don't
win any game OR
- win one game and hope Cruzeiro don't get more than 3
points or Palmeiras don't win any game or Santos don't
get more than 1 point OR
- pray a lot.
Atlético: should get a Sudamericana spot with 3 points.
1-0.

Paraná (18th) - Santos (2nd)
Paraná: to avoid relegation they need to get 2 points more
than both Corinthians and Goiás and hope Juventude don't
get three more than them.
Santos: to get a Libertadores spot they need:
- to win out OR
- get 3 or 4 points and hope one of {Fla, Pal, Cru} doesn't
win out OR
- draw twice and hope one of {Fla, Pal, Cru} doesn't get
more than 3 points OR
- pray a lot.
1-2.

Sport Recife (14th) - Cruzeiro (5th)
Sport: need 1 point to avoid relegation for sure and two
wins to go to Sudamericana.
Cruzeiro: to get a Libertadores spot they need:
- to win out and hope one of {Fla, Pal, San} doesn't win out
OR
- get four points and hope Santos don't win any game or
Palmeiras don't get more than 3 points or Flamengo don't
get more than 3 points OR
- win one game and hope Santos don't get more than 1
point or Palmeiras don't win any game or Flamengo don't
win any game OR
- pray a lot.
1-1.

Wed, Nov 28 [relegation fight night]:

Figueirense (12th) - Náutico (15th)
Figueira: need 4 or 6 points to go to Sudamericana.
Náutico: need one win OR two of {Cnt, Goi, Par} losing one
game to avoid relegation.
2-1.

Atlético-MG (11th) - Goiás (17th)
Galo: need 4 or 6 points to go to Sudamericana.
Goiás: to avoid relegation they need:
- to get 1point more than Corinthians and no more than 1
less than Paraná and Juventude not getting 5 more than
them OR
- to get at least 5 points more than Náutico.
2-1.

Corinthians (16th) - Vasco da Gama (13th)
Corinthians: to avoid relegation they need:
- to win out OR
- to get at least as many points as Goiás and no more than
1 less than Paraná and Juventude not getting 5 more than
them OR
- to get at least 4 points more than Náutico.
Vasco: need 1 point to avoid relegation for sure and two
wins to go to Sudamericana.
1-1.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

On 22 nov, 18:57, Jesus Petry <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].br> wrote:

Very unlikely to make it, though they're lucky that one of their must-
win games is against América... 0-3..


Juventude won't save itself, but just to keep a bit of pressure on the
other relegation-bound teams, 0-1.


It would be nice if Palmeiras won, just to pip out the vultures of the
Libertadores zone, but at the same time, for some reason I can't see
them beating Inter at the Beira-Rio. 2-2.


1-1.


Let's give Atlético that Sudamericana spot already, then! 0-1.


Time for Paraná to show us why Bordon (was it him?) once nicknamed
them "the Houdini squad" :-) 3-2.


0-2.


Acosta will pull Náutico out of the relegation battle with a hat-trick
(and Figueirense will NOT come back this time!). 0-3.


Go go Goiás! 0-2!


1-2.

--
Lléo

Jesus Petry wrote:

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On Nov 23, 4:12 pm, MH wrote:

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Sorry, Paraná. I wish you to stay at A, but I want to be safe here.

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Abraço,

Luiz Mello