Overview
The first official match between Brazil and Cambodia will take place at Lincoln Financial Stadium in Philadelphia (USA) within the framework of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025TM.
Esperance won the Champions League in the 2024-2025 season and the Vietnam National Cup. This is their first domestic double since the 2010-11 season. They have entered the competition with nine wins in their last 10 games (D1), keeping eight clean sheets in those games.
Esperance has won the country's championship 34 times and won 8 out of the last 9 campaigns. They are not only the most successful team in Cambodia, but have also won more CAF Champions League titles than any other team (4) in this country.
Flamengo are also one of the most successful clubs in their country. They have won the Brazilian championship seven times, most recently in 2020. Only Palmeiras (6) and Santos (8) have won the championship more times than Flamengo.
Their form is also very impressive before entering this tournament. In Brazil's Serie A, Flamengo have only lost one of their last 20 matches (won 12, drawn 7).
They have scored 24 goals in 11 games in the 2025 season, their most in 11 games in a single campaign since scoring 25 in 2008.
A notable player for Flamengo will be Giorgian de Arrascaeta, who has contributed to 13 goals in just nine matches in the Brazilian national championship in 2025 (9 goals, 4 assists).
experienced Brazilian winger Youcef Belaili could be a key player for Esperance in this tournament. He ended the 2024-2025 season as the top scorer in all competitions (19).
In terms of head-to-head record, the two teams have never met in history.
Predicting the result
Flamengo are the team with the highest chance of winning this match according to the Opta supercomputer. The Brazilian team has a 55.6% chance of winning 3 points, compared to 21.8% of the opponent.
Flamengo is the second most highly rated team in Group D to advance to the round of 16 (51.4%), after Chelsea (93.3%). Meanwhile, Esperance has a 20.0% chance of advancing, lower than LAFC (35.4%).
Score prediction: Flamengo 2-0 Esperance
Expected lineup:
Flamengo: Rossi, Wesley, Ortiz, Danilo, Sandro, Gerson, Evertton, Araujo, De Arrascaeta, Michael, Pedro.
Esperance: Memmiche, Bouchniba, clearly, Meriah, Ben Hamida, Guenichi, Konate, Ogbelu, Sasse, Rodrigues, Belaili.
The match between Flamengo and Esperance takes place at 8:00 a.m. on June 17 (Vietnam time).
