Flamengo can not count on any favours from the home team Ceará in this Serie A game. Here's the thorough match guide!
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie A
The visiting Flamengo played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Libertadores match.
Flamengo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará have performed here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo this season with 5 wins from 8 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Ceará lost their last game at Corinthians (placed 11th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Midfielder Lima was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.11 (out of ten) in that game. Lima hit three key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Atletico GO that ended 0-0.The Ceará fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Ceará have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Flamengo form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Flamengo, who have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie A, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far. Momentum is building for Flamengo in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The supporters enjoyed Flamengo's previous game versus Olimpia, a Copa Libertadores 5-1 win played at home. Gabriel Barbosa, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Barbosa scored two goals, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total). As you can tell from the results above, Flamengo was very dominant against Olimpia, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Bruno Henrique, Gabriel Barbosa (2) and Willian Arão providing the goals.
Before that, Flamengo secured a home win against Sport Recife with the score 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Flamengo manager R. Portaluppi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Grêmio.
The Flamengo manager R. Portaluppi has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Ceará won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Flamengo managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  B. Pinto 8 goals |  R. Lima Morais 4 goals | P. Abreu dos Santos 3 goals |
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| Ceará | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 79% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 57% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 36% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 21% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 36% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6 | 7.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 15.4 | 17.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6 | 7.4 |
| 26% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 26% |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie A
- Flamengo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Ceará | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Internacional | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Juventude | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Bahia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Fluminense | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Grêmio | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 5 |