It's early days in the Carioca U20 and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Flamengo RJ U20 form and stats
As mentioned below, Flamengo RJ U20 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 games. After failing to beat Fluminense U20 here, Flamengo RJ U20 has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.The home team returns to venue after sharing the points with Botafogo U20 on their last time out; the Carioca U20 game ended 1-1. Before that, Flamengo RJ U20 had a Copa Do Brasil U20 home game versus Internacional U20 which ended with a victory 2-0.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Flamengo RJ U20 at home. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
América RJ U20 form and stats
América RJ U20 are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).América RJ U20 delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Cabofriense U20 in their previous match; a Carioca U20 game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Goytacaz U20.
As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, América RJ U20 has managed 4 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Flamengo RJ U20 missing players
América RJ U20 missing players
| Flamengo RJ U20 | América RJ U20 | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | Played | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Scored | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 50% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | Both teams to score | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Botafogo U20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Boavista U20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | América RJ U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Madureira U20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Goytacaz U20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Cabofriense U20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 8 | Resende U20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
