No home advantage expected for Carioca Serie A battle between Madureira and Flamengo

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Competition: Brazil Carioca Serie A
Competition: Wed 16.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Aniceto Moscoso (3314 seats)

High profile Flamengo land at Madureira after their 5-0-result against Nova Iguacu. Get out our broad match preview!

Insights:
  • Madureira have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+9) in Carioca Serie A

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

It's no vacation for neither Madureira nor Flamengo 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.

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Madureira form and stats

Madureira have played three Carioca Serie A home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Madureira, their manager Junior and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Madureira, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 218 minutes in the Carioca Serie A.

A strong away win for Madureira against Volta Redonda the last match.

Before that, Madureira played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Bangu.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Madureira as they are travelling to their away game against Portuguesa RJ in the Carioca Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Madureira here at Estádio Aniceto Moscoso in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Madureira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Flamengo form and stats

Flamengo are still undefeated on their travels in the Carioca Serie A. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Flamengo won their last game, 5-0 versus Nova Iguacu played at home.

Prior to that result Flamengo won their away game at Audax Rio. The scoreline was 2-1.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Supercopa do Brasil trip to Atletico Mineiro.

2 goals so far away for Flamengo, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Madureira-Flamengo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Madureira zero wins, Flamengo seven wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MadureiraW. Lima Silva e Silva
W. Lima Silva e Silva
3 goals
MadureiraF. dos Santos Dias
F. dos Santos Dias
1 goals

Madureira missing players

Flamengo missing players

Madureira Flamengo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 2 6
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 2 Lost L 0 0 1
5 2 1 Scored S 2 2 12
8 4 4 Conceded C 1 1 3
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 83%
33% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 33%
50% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
5.2 6.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 11 7.5 6.3
5.3 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 4.3
2 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 12.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.5 9.8
3.5 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 3.8
24% 15% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 52%
 
12.8 13.3 14 Shots against (avg) S A 6 5.5 5.8
4.8 4.7 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 1.5 2.3
Key stats in Carioca Serie A this season:
  • Flamengo have not yet lost a game away.
  • Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of Madureira.
  • Flamengo have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Carioca Serie A
  • Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+9) in Carioca Serie A
  • Madureira have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fluminense 6 5 0 1 6 2 4 3 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 15
2 Flamengo 6 4 1 1 12 3 4 3 0 1 10 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 9 13
3 Botafogo 6 4 1 1 11 5 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 13
4 Vasco da Gama 6 4 1 1 12 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 7 3 5 13
5 Audax Rio 6 2 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 7
6 Portuguesa RJ 6 2 1 3 4 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 2 5 -1 7
7 Madureira 6 2 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -3 7
8 Bangu 6 1 3 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 6
9 Boavista 6 1 3 2 4 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 2 7 -4 6
10 Resende 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 5
11 Volta Redonda 5 0 2 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 2
12 Nova Iguacu 6 0 2 4 3 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 4 2 11 -9 2

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