Cautious play as Brazil conclude group stage
Cameroon take on Brazil in the final round of fixtures in Group G, with a chance of sealing qualification with a victory.
Rigobert Song’s men looked down and out before Vincent Aboubakar entered the fold against Serbia, coming up with a goal and an assist to peg Serbia back to a 3-3 draw.
Even a win would not be enough for Cameroon if Switzerland beat Serbia, and they may also have to rely on goal difference should they pull off what would be an enormous upset.
The Selecao were not as dangerous in the absence of Neymar against Switzerland, and the Paris Saint-Germain ace may not be involved for the rest of the tournament due to an ankle injury sustained against Serbia.
However, Tite’s men will still be huge favourites heading into this one, and are yet to concede a shot on target in the competition.
Background
Cameroon do have players that could hurt Brazil, with Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa an important figure in midfield, with mobile forwards like Karl Toko Ekambi and Bryan Mbeumo capable of causing problems.
Although, the latter two may not start the match, given the impact that Aboubakar had last time out.
Casemiro grabbed the only goal of the game against the Swiss are remains a very important playing in a deep lying midfield role, with Brazil likely to select a front three including Richarlison, Vinicius Junior and Raphinha.
That said, Rodrygo, Antony and Gabriel Jesus will all be pushing for a start and will likely play some part.
With Brazil struggling to blow teams away so far in the tournament and on the whole not breaking down low blocks with regularity, an unders angle feels like a sensible angle into the fixture given the fact they are so short to win the game outright.
Goals?
I am content taking a fairly short price on the Asian goal line considering we have had a strong group stage.
Cameroon have scored in six of ten.
Cameroon have conceded in eight of ten.
Cameroon have seen both teams score in four of ten.
Cameroon have seen over 2.5 goals in one of ten.
Brazil have scored in all of their last ten.
Brazil have conceded in three of ten.
Brazil have seen both teams score in three of ten.
Brazil have seen over 2.5 goals in six of ten.
Post bet chat Marcus's Tips:
1-0 Cameroon, a comfortable winner.