It's the very first game of the new season for Flamengo and Fluminense. The canvas is blank, the possibilities unlimited.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
This is the Fla-Flu. It’s not a scary infection caused by some nasty virus, but the name given to any football match between the two Rio de Janeiro rivals Flamengo and Fluminense. Flamengo’s football team was created by Fluminense ex-players, starting a rivalry played out at the magnificent Maracanã Stadium which the two teams share. Expect an incredible atmosphere.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Flamengo nor Fluminense 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
The previous season, Flamengo's league stats were 18 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, leading to 5th spot in the Carioca Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored {60 goals} and let in 39. Performing at home in the last season Flamengo managed 11-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 15 conceded.
Fluminense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Fluminense performed last season in the Carioca Serie A: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 24/21 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fluminense playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Fluminense wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Head 2 Head
Flamengo - Fluminense 2-0 was the product when these two participants previously did battle, some time ago this season. These teams fought with nail and tooth when they last met. Both Diniz (Fluminense) and Xavier (Fluminense) were each shown a red card. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Flamengo three wins, one draw and Fluminense six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 13 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Flamengo missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Flamengo | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 21% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 43% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 14% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.7 | 6.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 13.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.4 | 13.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 9.1 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fluminense have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Fluminense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
