Shaky top table page-turner in Carioca Serie A as Fluminense have travelled the 0 miles necessary to meet Flamengo at their Estádio Nilton Santos.
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Carioca Serie A
- Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Carioca Serie A
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 two teams close to each other, usually meaning increased nervousness and significance.
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
When playing at home in the Carioca Serie A, Flamengo have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The Flamengo supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Nilton Santos: A 0-1 defeat against Vasco da Gama (placed 3rd). Until that loss this club had gone nine consecutive league meetings without a defeat.
A home victory before that one, as expected. The team were big favourites against Independiente del Valle (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) and won 1-0.
The Flamengo manager de Oliveira has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Flamengo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Fluminense form and stats
As the visiting team in Carioca Serie A matches, Fluminense have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. The fact that Fluminense have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The Fluminense goalkeeper Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 402 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Fluminense, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Bangu (placed 7th) last time out. As mentioned above, Fluminense was the only team on the pitch versus Bangu in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Cano has found the net for the away team four fixtures in a row. The ability!
Before that, Fluminense secured a home win against Portuguesa RJ with the score 3-0.Stats flash: 9 of the last 10 league fixtures involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
Fluminense's manager Silva has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Flamengo won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Fluminense got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 10 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Flamengo missing players
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| Flamengo | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 20% |
| 6.4 | 7 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 8.8 | 7.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 13.8 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.2 | 12.1 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 34% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 37% |
| 7.1 | 8.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 7.8 | 8.8 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 3 | 3.5 |
- 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 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Carioca Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Carioca Serie A
- Flamengo have won at least twice as many corners 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 the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Carioca Serie A
- Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Carioca Serie A
- Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Carioca Serie A
- Fluminense have the most clean sheets (7) in Carioca Serie A
- Fluminense have the the best goal difference (+15) in Carioca Serie A
- Fluminense have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Fluminense have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Fluminense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Botafogo | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Audax Rio | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Bangu | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 12 |
| 8 | Portuguesa RJ | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 9 | Nova Iguaçu | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Madureira | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 11 | Boavista | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 12 | Resende | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -17 | 4 |
