Serie A: Flamengo welcome Fortaleza in what promises to be an engrossing football game. Tipsway gives you a full preview!
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (24) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Flamengo nor Fortaleza 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 have performed here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho this season with 4 wins from 6 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Flamengo's previous fixture was a Copa Libertadores game also played at their home, ending 4-0 vs Aucas. The home side are looking to repeat that performance. Arrascaeta (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Arrascaeta served one assist, hit six key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 51 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Santos and winning 3-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Flamengo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Goals, goals, goals? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this team has had three goals or more.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atletico PR are coming to town in four days.
From these home matches, Flamengo have conceded only 4 goals.
Fortaleza form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Fortaleza playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Two away matches in a row for Fortaleza, whose manager Vojvoda could celebrate last time after the Copa Sudamericana win against Palestino.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Atletico Mineiro in the Serie A.Fortaleza are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. 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 five Flamengo victories, one draw and four Fortaleza wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Abreu dos Santos 4 goals |  L. Pereira 3 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 3 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Flamengo | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 75% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 16.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.7 | 14.8 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 40% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 16.9 | 15.7 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 16.3 | 14.3 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.2 | 4.5 |
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Flamengo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (24) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Serie A
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Gremio | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Internacional | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 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 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
