Turn on the lights for Flamengo - Fortaleza! Despite the season performances so far, this match should be awesome!
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (4) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Fortaleza when visiting Flamengo as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie A game only four days ago.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Flamengo against Fluminense the last match, as Barbosa and Pereira were on target. Midfielder Pereira was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Pereira scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Bragantino in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
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 2 from 4 matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
It's not happening yet for Fortaleza on their Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Fortaleza are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Home advantage was not enough for Fortaleza in their previous game as they lost hosting Ceará, 0-1. Fortaleza keeper Boeck was happy for a super day's work vs Ceará, but even with registering six saves the defeat could not be avoided. Defender Benevenuto was the best team player with a rating of 7.75. Benevenuto won 5 of 6 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Juventude.A quick return to home after this game, as Fortaleza are hosting Goias in the Serie A only four days away.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: seven wins for Flamengo, one draw and two wins for Fortaleza. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Souza Lisboa 2 goals |   G. Barbosa Almeida 1 goals |  B. Pinto 1 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Flamengo | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 25% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.3 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 18 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.3 | 14 |
| 5.2 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 21% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 18% | 16% |
| 10.2 | 7.8 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12 | 11.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
- Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of Fortaleza.
- Fortaleza have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Fortaleza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortaleza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fortaleza have lost all their away matches so far.
- Fortaleza have the fewest points (0) away in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (4) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortaleza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortaleza is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Coritiba | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Atletico PR | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Santos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Fluminense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Internacional | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Avai | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Ceará | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Juventude | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
