Mamelodi Sundowns vs Fluminense Picks – Club World Cup Predictions

1st place in Group F meets 3rd place when Fluminense and Mamelodi clash on Wednesday at 3:00pm EST. Read on for our top Mamelodi Sundowns vs Fluminense picks.

Mamelodi Sundowns vs Fluminense Odds

BET	ODDS
Mamelodi Sundowns	+280
Draw	+270
Fluminense	-112
Over 2.5	-112
Under 2.5	-122

Club World Cup odds at Bet365.

Mamelodi Sundowns vs Fluminense Head-to-Head

This is their first-ever meeting.

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The Sundowns met South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai in their first match and after a long weather delay broke up the game, Iqraam Rayners scored in the 36′ minute to get them the game’s only goal. Mamelodi had 68% possession, and led in shots 14-9, but Ulsan led in shots on target 3-2.

Mamelodi had a solid second game too, at least stats-wise. They scored first versus Dortmund, but then conceded 4 times and were down 4-1, but fought back to only lose 4-3. They held more possession, 60% and had more shot attempts 16-8, but Dortmunds overall quality came through.

In South Africa’s Betway Premiership, Mamelodi Sundowns finished 1st, a whole 12 points clear of 2nd place, at 24-1-3, scoring 65 and allowing just 13 goals. That’s their 15th league title and they’ve now won it 8 years running. They also reached the CAF Champions League Final but came up short.

The majority of their scoring comes from two players, Lucas Ribeiro (17G/9A) and Igraam Rayners (14G/9A). They have 20 and 22 goals across all matches respectively.

They finished with a streak of 6 straight wins where they won 3-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0 and 2-0. It’s also just 2 losses in any match over 15 games now. They had 7 straight wins and clean sheets before the Dortmund game.

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Brazil’s Fluminense has been one of many Brazilian teams to put on a good showing so far at the CWC. they held German giants Dortmund to just a 0-0 draw while outshooting them 14-7 and 5-3 in shots on target. They held Dortmund to just 0.24 of xG.

In Game 2, they were frustrated by Korea’s Ulsan being down 2-1 at the half but then exploded for 3 more goals to win 4-2. They led with 70% possession, shots 25-10, shots on target 8-3 and corners 12-4.

In Brazil’s Serie A they’re 6-2-3, good enough for 6th place with 20 points and just 4 back of 1st-place Flamengo. Their games have been tight, scoring 15, allowing 12 and being 7-4 to Under 2.5.

In the Copa Sudamericana, they finished 1st in their group at 4-1-1 and are into the Round of 16 in that tournament and also for the Copa do Brasil.

Fluminense came into the CWC undefeated across 6 matches winning 4 in a row and scoring 2+ goals in all 4. So after beating Ulsan they’re undefeated in 7 and have kept clean sheets in 3/4.

It’s hard to pick a standout player on the side as 12 players have goals but … 11 of those players have just 1. Only Kevin Serna with 3, has multiple. Jhon Arias had 1G/4A so had been the main set up man. Arias had 3 attempts and 1 on target vs Dortmund, then versus Ulsan he had 4 attempts, 1 on target an 1G/1A.

Mamelodi Sundowns vs Fluminense Prediction

Fluminense may be 1st but they and Dortmund have just 4 points and Mamelodi sits 3rd with 3. So a Mamelodi win here and a likely Dortmund win over Ulsan could see Fluminense drop out of the advancing spots completely. A draw could be enough for Fluminese but the attacking flair of Mamelodi could see goals coming from both. Lebo Mothidba could be out for Mamelodi, one of their strikers, but he only has 1 goal in the tournament so far.

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