Football preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Flamengo receive Boavista

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Competition: Brazil Carioca Serie A
Competition: Wed 02.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Luso-Brasileiro (21004 seats)

Flamengo contest Boavista for acclaim and triumph.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Flamengo form and stats

The hosts won their first Carioca Serie A game here at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Flamengo last season were 13 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from 19 games.

Flamengo drew their last game, 0-0 away at Volta Redonda (placed 12th).

Before that, Flamengo had a home game versus Portuguesa RJ which ended with a victory 2-1.

Flamengo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew one and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Flamengo as they have a new game in only four days, a Carioca Serie A match thankfully also at home. Fluminense are visiting.

Early season league goal statistics from Flamengo's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Boavista form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Carioca Serie A away game of the season. During their previous season 7 away games resulted in 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Vasco da Gama (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Botafogo.

A new game in only three days for Boavista, the Carioca Serie A home match versus Volta Redonda. Busy days.

1 goal so far away for Boavista, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these teams: Flamengo won eight, Boavista were winners in zero and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Flamengo missing players

Boavista missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Flamengo Boavista
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 1 1 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 5
5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 3.5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 8.5
3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 4
33% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 25%
 
7 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 12
3 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 5
Flamengo Last season Boavista
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   7 14
21 13   Won W   4 5
8 1   Drew D   0 3
9 5   Lost L   3 6
69 31   Scored S   7 11
36 15   Conceded C   7 13
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
79% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 57%
55% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 21%
34% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
47% 32%   BTTS BTTS   29% 29%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 36%
18% 26%   Failed to Score F T   29% 43%
 
6 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.6
4.1 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.5
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.4
3 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.8 16.6   Shots (avg) S (   6 5.9
6.4 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.6
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 30%
 
11.2 10   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 7.7
3.6 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vasco da Gama 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 4
2 Botafogo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
3 Flamengo 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Portuguesa RJ 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
5 Fluminense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
6 Madureira 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Resende 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Bangu 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3
9 Boavista 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Audax Rio 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
11 Nova Iguacu 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
12 Volta Redonda 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceara 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portuguesa 14 6 6 2 20 12 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 2 4 1 9 8 8 24
2 Santo Andre 14 6 3 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 3 1 3 7 6 3 21
3 Cianorte 14 4 8 2 12 9 7 3 4 0 6 2 7 1 4 2 6 7 3 20
4 Bangu 14 5 4 5 14 16 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 2 2 3 5 8 -2 19
5 Inter de Limeira 14 5 4 5 11 14 7 2 1 4 5 10 7 3 3 1 6 4 -3 19
6 Boavista 14 5 3 6 11 13 7 1 3 3 4 6 7 4 0 3 7 7 -2 18
7 Sao Bento 14 3 5 6 10 13 7 1 3 3 5 7 7 2 2 3 5 6 -3 14
8 Madureira 14 3 5 6 12 16 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 3 3 6 9 -4 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vasco da Gama 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 4
2 Botafogo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
3 Flamengo 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Portuguesa RJ 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
5 Fluminense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
6 Madureira 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Resende 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Bangu 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3
9 Boavista 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Audax Rio 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
11 Nova Iguacu 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
12 Volta Redonda 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1

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