Corinthians make preparations for this following their 0-0 result against Boca Juniors, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Flamengo?
- Corinthians have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago.
Corinthians form and stats
Corinthians are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Neo Química Arena. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Santos was the last player to score a league goal for Corinthians and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Corinthians haven't scored in 236 minutes.
The Corinthians boss Pereira and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in four league fixtures. Midfield player Cantillo got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Cantillo hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 42 total).
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Fluminense.Not much happening? In this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Corinthians as they are travelling to their away game against Santos in the Copa do Brasil. That match is three days after this one.
Corinthians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Corinthians have only let in 2 goals at home.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
The regulars enjoyed Flamengo's previous match versus Deportes Tolima, a Copa Libertadores win (7-1) played at home.
Preceding that game was the away Serie A victory against Santos with the score of 2-1.A new game in only three days for Flamengo, the Copa do Brasil home match versus Atletico Mineiro. Busy days.
As for defending, Flamengo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Corinthians won one, Flamengo triumphed in eight and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 5 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 4 goals |  G. Mantuan 3 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Corinthians | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 16 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 60% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 67% |
| 33% | 14% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 47% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 27% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 4.5 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.2 | 14.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 29% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | 24% |
| 13.5 | 12 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 11.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Corinthians have not yet lost a game at home.
- Corinthians have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Serie A
- Corinthians have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Serie A
- Corinthians have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Serie A
- Corinthians have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Flamengo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Palmeiras | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Athletico PR | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Internacional | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Avai | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Coritiba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | América Mineiro | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Ceará | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Atletico GO | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Goiás | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Juventude | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
