A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both ABC and Flamengo know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa do Brasil 8th Finals clash.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for ABC and Flamengo.
Flamengo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
ABC form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 2nd round.When playing at home in the Serie D, ABC have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. This match is a Copa do Brasil match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in this competition. Two home wins in a row for ABC bring valid hopes of a third.
ABC shared the glory with Central in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
A Copa do Brasil defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Flamengo.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie D game versus Caucaia in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache.
Goals decide football matches and ABC are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, ABC have only let in 2 goals at home.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the quarter-finals last season.Playing away, Flamengo have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie A this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Brasil stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. The fact that Flamengo have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Two travels in a row for Flamengo, whose manager R. Portaluppi could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Corinthians. Midfield player Giorgian De Arrascaeta was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.45/10. Arrascaeta served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 55 successful passes (of 65 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 6-0 against ABC in the Copa do Brasil.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Internacional in just three days.
Flamengo have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Flamengo - ABC 6-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for ABC, zero draws and three wins for Flamengo. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Monteiro 8 goals |  B. Pinto 7 goals | H. dos Santos 4 goals |
ABC missing players
Flamengo missing players
| ABC | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 57 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 15 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 55% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ABC | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | America RN | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Campinense | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Treze | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Uniclinic | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Sousa | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Caucaia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 8 |
| 8 | Central | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Ceara | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Santos | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Bahia | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Juventude | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Internacional | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 19 | Gremio | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 4 |