Flamengo and Fluminense are keen to show off their new players and skills: It's the premier game of the Carioca Serie A season.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fluminense have not yet lost a game away.
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.
Fluminense could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Carioca Serie A game only three sleeps ago.
Flamengo form and stats
The previous season, Flamengo's league stats were 21 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, providing 2nd spot in the Carioca Serie A. In these 38 matches they scored 69 goals and let in 36. Playing at home in the former season Flamengo delivered 13-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 15 conceded.
There will be little rest for Flamengo after this match as they are travelling to Fluminense for a Carioca Serie A game in only three days.
Fluminense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Fluminense performed last season in the Carioca Serie A: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 14/24 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Flamengo in just three days.
Head 2 Head
This duo played each other earlier this season: Flamengo - Fluminense 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Flamengo victories, one draw and five Fluminense wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 8 goals |  G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti 5 goals |  J. Arias Andrade 4 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Flamengo | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 69% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 69% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 77% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 8.2 | 7.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 14.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.7 | 12.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 40% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 6.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
- 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fluminense have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- Fluminense have not yet lost a game away.
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
