A vital fixture in Serie A as both squads are struggling for the top league positions. With Flamengo in 2nd place and Corinthians located at 5th, this has all the looks of an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (61) 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
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho as Flamengo have scored 28 goals to get 34 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 11-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Flamengo here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hugo de Souza Nogueira not having conceded a league goal in 235 minutes.
Happy days for Flamengo in their previous game, a Serie A match away at São Paulo (placed 15th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Flamengo played a great game against São Paulo and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Michael got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Michael scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Ahead of that match, Flamengo won a home game hosting Bahia (3-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Internacional in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Flamengo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho with 28 goals in 16 league 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 13 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Corinthians form and stats
Playing away, Corinthians have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie A this season.
The supporters enjoyed Corinthians's previous game versus Cuiaba (placed 13th), a Serie A 3-2 win played at home. Midfielder Renato Augusto was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.32. Augusto scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Atletico Mineiro's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Corinthians are hosting Santos in the Serie A only four days away.
The attacking power of Corinthians when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Corinthians as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Corinthians - Flamengo 1-3 was the end result in these squads' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Flamengo wins - draws - Corinthians wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Delgado de Oliveira 13 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 10 goals | B. Pinto 10 goals |
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| Flamengo | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 61 | 28 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 35 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 81% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 44% | 56% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 39% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 19% |
| 10% | 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 45% | 31% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 16% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.7 | 16.4 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | 30% |
| 10.6 | 10 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13 | 12.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Corinthians have scored away.
- Flamengo have the most scored goals (61) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+33) 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 68 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 33 | 60 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 50 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Corinthians | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Internacional | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 47 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 45 |
| 9 | America Mineiro | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 44 |
| 10 | Ceará | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -2 | 42 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 41 |
| 12 | Santos | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 39 |
| 13 | Cuiaba | 32 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 39 |
| 14 | Atletico GO | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 38 |
| 15 | São Paulo | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 38 |
| 16 | Bahia | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -9 | 36 |
| 17 | Juventude | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 30 |
| 19 | Gremio | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 25 | -14 | 29 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 32 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -28 | 15 |