The league table is allowed to rest as Flamengo and Athletico PR battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Athletico PR, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Flamengo nor Athletico PR as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Flamengo's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Fortaleza. The home side are looking to build on that result. Cunha loved the game against Fortaleza. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. The versatile forward Arrascaeta outperformed all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.81 out of 10. Arrascaeta scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
A home victory ahead of that game, as predicted. The team were solid favourites against Aucas and won 4-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Palmeiras in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Flamengo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Athletico PR form and stats
Athletico PR was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the quarter-finals last season.There's been little loot from Athletico PR's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Serie A. Athletico PR only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Athletico delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Palmeiras in their previous fixture. The one point brought no smiles to their faces, as the players felt they should have won; with an xG score of 3.98 - 1.53. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Palmeiras. Athletico PR were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Roque scoring the equalizer. Roque has scored at least one goal for this side five matches in a row. The efficiency! Bueno, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.05. Bueno scored one goal, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).
A home victory as predicted against Alianza Lima ahead of that, in the Copa Libertadores.
Athletico PR have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Serie A game against Fortaleza. A difficult itinerary for them!
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Athletico have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Flamengo victories, three draws and three Athletico PR wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Roque Ferreira 7 goals |   G. Barbosa Almeida 4 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 4 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Flamengo | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 50 | 34 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.4 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 14.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 13.6 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Gremio | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Internacional | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | Cuiaba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Santos | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Bahia | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 9 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
