It's advantage Flamengo so far with their 4th position in the Serie A table, welcoming Ceará who are placed 11th.
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Ceará have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo have collected 25 points from their Serie A home games so far after 7-4-3.
Flamengo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Fluminense (placed 7th). Before that, Flamengo played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Fortaleza.
Heartbreak for Flamengo in their last match as Fluminense's Yago scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A decent goal production from Flamengo in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Flamengo have conceded 19 goals.
Ceará form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Ceará playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Ceará failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie A home match vs Internacional (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Santos that ended 1-1.
Ceará are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 14 away games so far. Ceará's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ceará - Flamengo 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Flamengo won four, Ceará won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Abreu dos Santos 11 goals |  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 8 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 7 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Ceará missing players
| Flamengo | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 47 | 27 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 38 |
| 37 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | 39 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 81% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 59% | 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 33% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 29% |
| 19% | 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 29% | 14% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 19% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 19% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 21% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15.7 | 18.5 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 35% | 31% |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sao Paulo | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 56 |
| 2 | Internacional | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 49 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 49 |
| 5 | Gremio | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 48 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 43 |
| 8 | Santos | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Atletico PR | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Ceará | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 35 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 14 | Sport Recife | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 32 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 29 |
| 17 | Bahia | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -16 | 28 |
| 18 | Goiás | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -14 | 26 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -17 | 21 |