Flamengo battle Botafogo for acclaim and triumph.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo have played 1 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Flamengo's previous fixture was a Copa do Brasil game also played at their home, finishing 8-2 vs Maringa. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Internacional (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Racing Club in the Copa Libertadores. That match is four days after this one.
Flamengo has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Botafogo form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Botafogo playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
The regulars enjoyed Botafogo's previous fixture versus Ypiranga Erechim, a Copa do Brasil win (2-0) played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Bahia.After this away game Botafogo return home for a Copa Sudamericana game against LDU Quito. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Botafogo has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Flamengo eight wins, one draw and Botafogo one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 1 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 1 goals |  G. Santos da Silva 1 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Flamengo | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 8.5 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 36% | 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 13 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 6.5 |
| Flamengo | Last season | Botafogo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 87% | ||
| 67% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 33% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 47% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 27% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 47% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 40% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 9.3 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fluminense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Internacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Bahia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Goiás | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Atletico PR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Gremio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Atletico Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
