The Flamengo & Corinthians managers Júnior and de Oliveira are both anxious about and looking forward to this important game in the upper regions of the Serie A table.
- Flamengo is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Corinthians have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Flamengo nor Corinthians as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Flamengo form and stats
36 points is a decent return from 17 Serie A games here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho for Flamengo. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Flamengo are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Flamengo's previous fixture was a Copa Libertadores game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 vs Atletico PR. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Midfielder Ribeiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Ribeiro served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 70 total).
Before that, Flamengo had a Serie A home game versus Santos which ended with a victory 3-2.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Coritiba in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Flamengo can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 35 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 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 11 from 17 matches.
Corinthians form and stats
5-6-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Corinthians in their Serie A matches away.
Guedes was the last player to score for the away team. Corinthians haven't scored a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Corinthians are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Goias (placed 13th). Midfield player Giuliano was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Giuliano hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 64 successful passes (of 75 total).
A loss against Fluminense was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ceara in just three days.
The attacking power of Corinthians when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Corinthians have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Flamengo have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing Corinthians.The most up to date past scoreline involving both these participants is the Corinthians - Flamengo 1-0 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
![]() G. Barbosa Almeida 11 goals | ![]() P. Abreu dos Santos 11 goals | ![]() R. Krug Guedes 10 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Flamengo | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 56 | 35 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 39 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 74% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 59% | 59% |
| 50% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 41% | 35% |
| 26% | 35% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 15% | 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 41% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 41% |
| 32% | 53% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | 38% |
| 21% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 35% | 26% |
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.9 | 17.9 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| 5.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 29% | 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 29% |
| 11.5 | 9.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 14.1 | 13.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
- Corinthians 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Corinthians have scored away.
- Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Serie A
- Flamengo is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 59 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 74 |
| 2 | Internacional | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 64 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 61 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 58 |
| 5 | Corinthians | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 58 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -2 | 51 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 51 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 50 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 48 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -2 | 47 |
| 11 | America Mineiro | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 46 |
| 12 | Santos | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 13 | Goias | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -6 | 43 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -1 | 41 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 56 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 42 | -22 | 35 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | -11 | 34 |
| 17 | Ceara | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 34 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -17 | 33 |
| 19 | Avai | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 32 | -28 | 28 |
| 20 | Juventude | 34 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 61 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 37 | -35 | 21 |