América Mineiro will pray that their home comfort is enough to get a victory from this grim duel, vs sparkling Flamengo.
- América Mineiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (35) in Serie A
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 América and Flamengo.
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro have played 11 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for América bring valid hopes of a third.
América shared the glory with São Paulo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ricardo Silva was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Silva won 15 of 16 duels.
1-1 away at Corinthians before that.América aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. From these home matches, América have conceded only 7 goals.
Flamengo form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Serie A. Flamengo love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Impressive finishing from Bruno Henrique (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Barcelona in their previous game. Midfield player Bruno Henrique was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Henrique scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Gremio.Flamengo have another match away from home in just three nights, a Copa Libertadores game vs Barcelona. A rough schedule for the guests!
Flamengo have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 8 away matches. It's not easy to score on Flamengo as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Flamengo - América 2-0 registered in the official records. Head to head statistics (for the former eight meetings): América won zero games, one match ended in a draw and Flamengo managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fourTop Goalscorers
  B. Pinto 8 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 6 goals | P. Abreu dos Santos 4 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Flamengo missing players
| América Mineiro | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 23 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 78% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 56% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 39% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 17% |
| 38% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 29% | 45% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 33% |
| 43% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 14.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15.5 | 16.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | 28% |
- América Mineiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals away as América Mineiro have scored home.
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (19) away in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (35) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Serie A
- Flamengo 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 | Atlético Mineiro | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Internacional | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Atletico PR | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | São Paulo | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Ceara | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Bahia | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | América Mineiro | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | Juventude | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 18 | Gremio | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 10 |