OLBG Sports Thread - Brasilian Serie A Championship 2010

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Passionate about sport in general, every year I follow closely the Campeonato Brasileiro da Serie A, starting this year on May 9, 2010. This year could not be different, since I've been studying and evaluating the teams in their regional championships, I will share this knowledge with all who are interested.

In my thread I will comment about the teams, the games of each round and always be posting plays.

My plays will be from 1 to 10 in a confidence level.

for example:

Time A vs. Time B
Time A to win (8x)

You can also see my plays in my blog

http://bra-serie-a-2010.blogabet.com/

Hope you all enjoy

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[phenomenon]

nice..
GL

[Ace_of_Spades]

Who do you think is the front runner to win this seasons championship?

[OLBG Sports]

Who do you think is the front runner to win this seasons championship?

I think that Corinthians, São Paulo, Santos, Grêmio and Cruzeiro have a really good teams... but in a few days I will post a resume about each team of the championship...

[Smogs]

Looking forward to this thread

[Yezzir]

Look forward to this.

[phenomenon]

I ll always bet on santos over 2.5 or at home over 3.5 all season long

[OLBG Sports]

Looking forward to this thread

Look forward to this.

Thanks guys.. I hope we can cash a lot...

[svenodds]

Looking forward to this thread

BOL

[OLBG Sports]

After the end of the locals championships, tomorrow I will start to post a resume about each time from the Brasilian Championship Serie A...

[OLBG Sports]

Brasilian championship serie a 2010 - the teams

Here are the teams who will play the Serie A this year.

Atlético Goianiense (Atlético GO)
Atlético Mineiro (Atlético **)
Atlético Paranaense (Atlético PR)
Avaí
Barueri
Botafogo
Ceará
Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
Fluminense
Goiás
Grêmio
Guarani
Internacional
Palmeiras
Santos
São Paulo
Vasco da Gama
Vitório da Bahia (Vitória BA)

Follows a brief summary of each one...

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Atlético Goianiense (Atlético GO)

Atlético Goianiense (Atlético GO)



Local Championship:Goiano
Final Position:1st (Winner)

Game Played:22
Game Played at Home:11

Won:12
Won at Home:9

Draw:5
Draw at Home:2

Lost:5
Lost at Home:1

Last 10 Games:W-L-L-D-W-W-W-W-L-W
Last 10 Games at Home:D-W-W-W-W-W-L-W-W-W

Atlético Goianiense (Atlético GO) is a team that plays very well at home, in their field and together with the fans earlier this season, they are virtually unbeatable. They won the Goiano championship and are making very good Brasilian Cup. They finish the Goiano championship in 1st place and than went to playoffs, first against the strong Goiás, were the draw the first game in 0x0 in Goiás's home and beat than by 4x2 at they home. Than they play against Santa Helena, wining the two games, 4x0 (playing at home) and 3x1 in Santa Helena's home.

They have experienced players in his squad, as the defender Thiago Feltri, the midfielders and Ramalho and Anailson and have a good youth striker, Rodrigo Tiuí, who had played at the Spoting Lisboa.

I Believe it will be a team that will fight for a place in South America Cup, being between the 10th and 16th place of the championship in the end of the season.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 8th - 18:30 (GMT -3.0) - Atlético GO vs. Grêmio

[VLR100]

As someone who knows nothing about Brazilian football, write ups like these are very useful, gonna toss you a few points

[OLBG Sports]

As someone who knows nothing about Brazilian football, write ups like these are very useful, gonna toss you a few points

Thanks for the points... I'm going to post a summary about every team...

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Atlético Mineiro (Atlético **)

Atlético Mineiro (Atlético **)



Local Championship: Mineiro
Final Position: 3rd (Winner)

Game Played: 17
Game Played at Home: 9

Won: 9
Won at Home: 6

Draw: 7
Draw at Home: 2

Lost: 1
Lost at Home: 1

Last 10 Games: W-D-D-W-W-D-W-W-W-W
Last 10 Games at Home: L-W-W-W-W-D-W-W-W-W

Atlético Mineiro (Atlético **) is a very good team and is in a very good form. Playing at home, together with the fans they are unbeatable. They won the Mineiro championship and are in good position to pass to next fase in Brasilian Cup. They just beat the Santos by 3x2. They finish the Mineiro championship in 3rd place and than went to playoffs, first aginst the rival América **, in a two really hard games, draw in both games 2x2 at Home and 3x3 on América's house, passing to the next fase because of the 3 goals away. Than they play against the Democrata GV, wining the first game at home by 2x1 and draw in the second game 0x0. In the Final the confront the Ipatinga, who they beat in the two games, 2x0 at home and 3x2 away.

They have one of the better coachs in the championship, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and a very strong squad. Some plays need to be mentioned, like the goalkeeper Aranha, the defender Coelho, the midfielders Renan Oliveira, Ricardinho, Hugo and Zé Luis. In the front they have one of the best Striker playing in brazil, Diego Tardelli. Also have Marques and Obina.

I Believe it will be a team that will fight for a place in Libertadores Cup and will fight for the Serie A title also, being between the 1st and 5th place of the championship in the end of the season.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 9th - 16:00 (GMT -3.0) - Atlético ** vs. Vasco

[phenomenon]

nice job
respect ur work

[Haruspex]

Great Info!
Rooting for Vasco Da Gama, but not holding my breath

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Atlético Paranaense (Atlético PR)

Atlético Paranaense (Atlético PR)



Local Championship: Paranaense
Final Position: 2nd

Game Played: 20
Game Played at Home: 13

Won:12
Won at Home: 10

Draw: 5
Draw at Home: 2

Lost: 3
Lost at Home: 1

Last 10 Games: W-W-W-W-W-W-L-L-D-D
Last 10 Games at Home: D-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-D-D

Atlético Paranaense (Atlético PR) is a normal team. Didn't went to 2nd dision last year because of other results, who put his biggest rival, the Coritiba, in the second division. They finished the Paranaense championship in 2nd place and was eliminated from Brasilian Cup in the last round. The Paranaense championship isn't that strong, only have two teams who fights for the title, Atlético PR and Coritiba, so all those wons at home it's not a big deal.

In their squad, they have a very experienced player, the midfilder Paulo Bayer, who by the way, is very good in free-kicks. Besides him, another good players in the midfilder are Alan Bahia and Netinho, both with acurancy passes. In the front, Bruno Mineiro is a young and very good striker. They also have Alex Mineiro, who is very experienced.

I Believe it will be a team that will fight to no going down to the 2nd division, being between the 16th and 20th place of the championship in the end of the season.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 9th - 16:00 (GMT -3.0) - Corinthians vs. Atlético PR

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Avaí

Avaí



Local Championship: Catarinense
Final Position: 1st (Winner)

Game Played: 24
Game Played at Home: 13

Won: 15
Won at Home: 11

Draw: 6
Draw at Home: 2

Lost: 3
Lost at Home: 0

Last 10 Games: L-W-W-W-W-L-D-W-W-W
Last 10 Games at Home: W-W-W-D-D-W-W-D-W-W

Avaí is a "big small" team. They made a very good championship last year, better than a lot of people expected. One reason for this good perforce is that they are a very good home team. This season, they didn't lose at home yet, and have 22 straight games at home without lose. They won the Catarinense championship this weekend and was eliminated from Brasilian Cup in the last round by Grêmio.

They sought to keep the same squad from last year, but some outstanding players from last season were sold. The most expressive player is the offensive midfilder Savio, who already played on Brazilian national team and Real Madrid. They also have Marcinho Guerreiro, who is a very good value and in the front they have Vandinho, a very fast striker.

I Believe it will be a team that will be in the middle of the table and will secure a spot in Sulamericana cup and stays between 8th place and 14th.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 9th - 16:00 (GMT -3.0) - Avaí vs. Barueri

[TurkzZ]

great thread, good to see some more brazil input, we made a killing last year, hopfully we can recreate that this season

[akerber]

Where are you from OLBG?

[OLBG Sports]

Where are you from OLBG?

I'm from Brazil... and you, too??

[akerber]

me too !!!

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Barueri (Grêmio Prudente \ Grêmio Barueri)

Barueri (Grêmio Prudente \ Grêmio Barueri)



Local Championship: Paulista
Final Position: 3rd

Game Played: 21
Game Played at Home: 11

Won: 12
Won at Home: 7

Draw: 4
Draw at Home: 1

Lost: 5
Lost at Home: 3

Last 10 Games: W-D-W-W-W-W-W-W-L-W
Last 10 Games at Home: W-L-W-L-W-W-W-W-W-L

Barueri is a regular team. They made a regular championship last year, a lot of people expected that they would be relegated to the 2nd division, but they don't. It's a team who plays very well at home, but out of his domain, last year they just won 2 games of 19 playeds. This season, they made a good Paulista championship, ending in the 3rd positions, in fornt of São Paulo, Corinthians and Palmeiras. They was eliminated by Santo André in the semi-finals.

They sought to keep the same squad from last year, but some outstanding players from last season were sold. The have a very good young midfilder, João Vitor. In front they have Tadeu, who is the striker of the begining of the season.

I Believe that they not going to do the same campaing as the last season. This year, for me, they have a big chance to be relegated, being between 16th place and 20th.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 9th - 16:00 (GMT -3.0) - Barueri vs. Avaí

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Botafogo



Local Championship: Carioca
Final Position: 1st (Winner)

Game Played: 19
Game Played at Home: 9

Won: 15
Won at Home: 6

Draw: 2
Draw at Home: 2

Lost: 2
Lost at Home: 2

Last 10 Games: W-W-W-D-W-W-L-D-W-W
Last 10 Games at Home: L-W-W-W-W-W-D-L-D-W

Botafogo have a good team. After a long string of vice-championships, finally succeeded in winning the title of the Carioca championship. Last year, they made an inconstant Brazilian championship, fighting not to be relegated to second division.

Have a good team with many good players. In the defender they have Danny Moraisand Marcelo Cordeiro, Lucio Flavio and Diguinho in midfield. In the front they have the very good striker "El Loco" Abreu.

I believe this year they will be in the middle of the table, ensuring a place in the Sulamericana cup, being between 9th place and 14th.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 8th - 18:30 (GMT -3.0) - Botafogo vs. Santos

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Ceará

Ceará



Local Championship: Cearense
Final Position: 2nd

Game Played: 26
Game Played at Home: 14

Won: 14
Won at Home: 10

Draw: 5
Draw at Home: 3

Lost: 7
Lost at Home: 1

Last 10 Games: W-W-W-D-W-D-W-W-L-L
Last 10 Games at Home: D-D-W-W-W-D-W-W-W-L

Ceara definitely will not get many chances in Brazilian championship. The team was vice-champion of the Cearense championship, losing the final to his biggest rival, Fortaleza, who plays in Brazil third division. They play the second division last year and finished in 3rd.

The team has no big players. The most important player of the team is the midfielder Geraldo. There is the possibility of hiring the striker Dodo, who would make a big difference.
I believe, as that 90% of chances, the team being relegated to second division. Should be maintained between the 16th and 20th place.

First game in Brasilian Championship Serie A 2010:
May, 9th - 16:00 (GMT -3.0) - Ceará vs. Fluminense

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ATTENTION EVERY ONE!!!

I'M CHANGING TO ANOTHER THREAD, WHICH WILL BE THE OFFICIAL, JUST FOR STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION.

AS SOON AS THE THREAD BE READY, I PUT THE SITE HERE!

THANKS AND GOOD LUCK!!

[OLBG Sports]

Here is the new Thread...

http://forum.sbrforum.com/soccer-handicapping/472303-olbg-sports-oficial-thread-brazilian-serie-2010-a.html#post4455669