Fixture preview for Serie A: Flamengo - Atlético Mineiro at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (78838 seats)

Flamengo reset their brains and bodies for this after their 0-0 result versus Corinthians, a match that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Atlético Mineiro?

Insights:
  • Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Flamengo have less rest than Atlético Mineiro in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa do Brasil game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Corinthians.

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Flamengo form and stats

Flamengo have performed here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho this season with 9 wins from 15 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3.

The Flamengo coach Júnior and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil. Defender Luiz got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Luiz hit the woodwork once and won 4 of 4 duels.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Cuiaba.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Flamengo handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Flamengo as they have a new game in only four days, a Copa do Brasil match thankfully also at home. Corinthians are visiting.

The Flamengo manager Júnior has got the team scoring with 31 from 15 home games in the league. Flamengo have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atlético Mineiro form and stats

The visitors are W6-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Atlético Mineiro delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ceara (placed 16th) in their previous game. Rafael (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.63. Rafael topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Santos at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Lacking goals? 9 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

Atlético Mineiro are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Atlético have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Atlético Mineiro - Flamengo 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Flamengo three wins, one draw and Atlético Mineiro six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MineiroG. Vieira de Souza
G. Vieira de Souza
12 goals
FlamengoG. Barbosa Almeida
G. Barbosa Almeida
11 goals
FlamengoP. Abreu dos Santos
P. Abreu dos Santos
10 goals

Flamengo missing players

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Flamengo Atlético Mineiro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
15 9 3 Won W 1 6 12
7 3 0 Drew D 1 6 11
9 3 2 Lost L 2 3 8
50 31 11 Scored S 4 17 38
29 9 5 Conceded C 8 16 32
94% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 87%
74% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 68%
48% 53% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 35%
26% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 16%
13% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 10%
52% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 48%
32% 53% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 39%
23% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 26%
 
6.3 7.7 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.3 6.6
5.2 4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.5 3.3
2.2 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.3
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 18.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 15.2 16.7
5.6 7 7.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 5
29% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 25%
 
11.7 9.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.5 9.6
3.7 2.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético Mineiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Mineiro have won significantly less corners away then at 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 the best goal difference (+22) at home in Serie A
  • Flamengo have won significantly more corners at home than 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 31 19 10 2 53 21 15 10 3 2 30 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 32 67
2 Internacional 31 15 12 4 48 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 15 5 7 3 15 15 20 57
3 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
4 Flamengo 31 15 7 9 50 29 15 9 3 3 31 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 21 52
5 Fluminense 31 15 6 10 48 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 15 5 4 6 17 21 10 51
6 Atletico PR 31 13 9 9 37 36 15 8 6 1 23 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 1 48
7 Atlético Mineiro 31 12 11 8 38 32 16 6 5 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 47
8 America Mineiro 31 13 6 12 29 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 16 5 3 8 11 17 -1 45
9 Botafogo 31 12 7 12 32 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 16 8 3 5 19 19 -2 43
10 Fortaleza 31 11 8 12 32 32 15 5 6 4 14 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 0 41
11 Santos 31 10 10 11 36 29 16 8 4 4 27 15 15 2 6 7 9 14 7 40
12 Sao Paulo 30 9 13 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 25 16 15 3 8 4 16 17 8 40
13 Bragantino 31 9 11 11 41 41 15 7 5 3 24 14 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 38
14 Goiás 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
15 Coritiba 30 10 4 16 31 48 16 10 2 4 21 13 14 0 2 12 10 35 -17 34
16 Ceara 31 6 15 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 33
17 Cuiaba 31 7 9 15 23 34 15 4 7 4 12 11 16 3 2 11 11 23 -11 30
18 Atletico GO 31 7 8 16 31 48 16 5 4 7 18 19 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 29
19 Avai 31 7 7 17 28 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 15 1 3 11 7 28 -21 28
20 Juventude 31 3 11 17 24 57 15 2 7 6 14 21 16 1 4 11 10 36 -33 20

Table
  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 31 19 10 2 53 21 15 10 3 2 30 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 32 67
2 Internacional 31 15 12 4 48 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 15 5 7 3 15 15 20 57
3 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
4 Flamengo 31 15 7 9 50 29 15 9 3 3 31 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 21 52
5 Fluminense 31 15 6 10 48 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 15 5 4 6 17 21 10 51
6 Atletico PR 31 13 9 9 37 36 15 8 6 1 23 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 1 48
7 Atlético Mineiro 31 12 11 8 38 32 16 6 5 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 47
8 America Mineiro 31 13 6 12 29 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 16 5 3 8 11 17 -1 45
9 Botafogo 31 12 7 12 32 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 16 8 3 5 19 19 -2 43
10 Fortaleza 31 11 8 12 32 32 15 5 6 4 14 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 0 41
11 Santos 31 10 10 11 36 29 16 8 4 4 27 15 15 2 6 7 9 14 7 40
12 Sao Paulo 30 9 13 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 25 16 15 3 8 4 16 17 8 40
13 Bragantino 31 9 11 11 41 41 15 7 5 3 24 14 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 38
14 Goiás 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
15 Coritiba 30 10 4 16 31 48 16 10 2 4 21 13 14 0 2 12 10 35 -17 34
16 Ceara 31 6 15 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 33
17 Cuiaba 31 7 9 15 23 34 15 4 7 4 12 11 16 3 2 11 11 23 -11 30
18 Atletico GO 31 7 8 16 31 48 16 5 4 7 18 19 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 29
19 Avai 31 7 7 17 28 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 15 1 3 11 7 28 -21 28
20 Juventude 31 3 11 17 24 57 15 2 7 6 14 21 16 1 4 11 10 36 -33 20

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.