The Flamengo & Athletico PR head coaches Júnior and Scolari are both dreading and looking forward to this highly important match in the upper regions of the Serie A standings.
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie A
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Athletico PR when visiting Flamengo as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Libertadores. That game, against Estudiantes, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Athletico PR.
Flamengo form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Serie A games here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho for Flamengo. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Flamengo's previous match was a Copa Libertadores game also played at their own arena, ending 1-0 vs Corinthians. The home team are looking to build on that result. Arrascaeta (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Arrascaeta served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Sao Paulo.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Athletico PR in the Copa do Brasil. That match is three days after this one.
Flamengo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 10 matches.
Athletico PR form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Athletico PR, whose boss Scolari could celebrate last time after the Copa Libertadores win against Estudiantes. Bento was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.12. The agile goalkeeper Bento topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Atlético Mineiro.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Flamengo in just three days.
Athletico find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Athletico PR in these games.
Head 2 Head
Athletico PR have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when playing Flamengo.It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Athletico PR - Flamengo 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 9 goals |   M. Terans Pérez 7 goals |  G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti 5 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Flamengo | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 32 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 95% | 90% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 71% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 57% |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 43% |
| 33% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 29% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.3 | 18.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.4 | 13.4 |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 28% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 32% |
| 11.1 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23.5 | 18.2 | 16.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Serie A
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Athletico PR | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Internacional | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Santos | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Goias | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Ceara | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Avai | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 22 |
| 17 | Fortaleza | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 20 | Juventude | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
