Match preview Serie A: Flamengo - Internacional at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

A key match in Serie A as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Flamengo in 2nd position and Internacional placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals (65) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most clean sheets (14) in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Internacional have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Flamengo form and stats

10 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Flamengo, who have the most scored goals (65) in Serie A, have to build on here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in the Serie A. Flamengo are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Flamengo's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Corinthians (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Flamengo played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Bragantino.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Sao Paulo in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Flamengo in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 18 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Internacional form and stats

8 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Internacional, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Serie A, playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Internacional are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

It's the second away game in a row for Internacional, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Vasco da Gama (placed 17th) in the Serie A last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Sport Recife.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Corinthians in just four days.

Internacional have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 26 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Internacional - Flamengo 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Flamengo wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalT. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
17 goals
FlamengoP. Abreu dos Santos
P. Abreu dos Santos
13 goals
FlamengoG. Barbosa Almeida
G. Barbosa Almeida
13 goals

Flamengo missing players

Internacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Flamengo Internacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 4 18 36
20 10 1 Won W 1 8 20
8 4 0 Drew D 2 5 9
8 4 3 Lost L 1 5 7
65 33 4 Scored S 9 26 60
45 22 7 Conceded C 6 16 33
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
86% 94% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 78%
58% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 28% 44%
28% 28% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 19%
17% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 8%
61% 72% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 39% 50%
25% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 39% 39%
17% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
16 18.3 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.8 12
6 6.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.6 4.5
30% 28% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 32% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals (65) in Serie A
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Serie A
  • Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Internacional has the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most clean sheets (14) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most matches over the total-line (22) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the the best goal difference (+10) away in Serie A
  • Internacional has the the best goal difference (+27) 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 Internacional 36 20 9 7 60 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 18 8 5 5 26 16 27 69
2 Flamengo 36 20 8 8 65 45 18 10 4 4 33 22 18 10 4 4 32 23 20 68
3 Atletico Mineiro 36 18 8 10 59 43 18 13 4 1 39 13 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 62
4 Sao Paulo 34 16 11 7 54 37 17 9 6 2 26 14 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 59
5 Fluminense 35 16 9 10 49 40 18 10 5 3 29 14 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 57
6 Palmeiras 34 15 11 8 49 32 18 9 7 2 32 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 17 56
7 Grêmio 35 13 17 5 51 37 17 9 6 2 32 21 18 4 11 3 19 16 14 56
8 Athletico PR 36 14 8 14 36 35 18 8 5 5 18 13 18 6 3 9 18 22 1 50
9 Santos 35 13 11 11 50 48 17 8 6 3 33 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 2 50
10 Corinthians 35 13 10 12 45 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 17 5 4 8 16 21 1 49
11 Bragantino 35 12 12 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 17 3 7 7 16 21 9 48
12 Ceara 35 12 10 13 49 47 17 6 5 6 19 21 18 6 5 7 30 26 2 46
13 Atletico GO 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 5 9 4 21 20 18 6 4 8 15 23 -7 46
14 Sport Recife 35 12 5 18 29 45 17 8 1 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 41
15 Fortaleza 36 10 11 15 34 38 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 2 5 11 14 27 -4 41
16 Bahia 36 10 8 18 42 59 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 2 6 10 17 33 -17 38
17 Vasco da Gama 36 9 10 17 34 54 18 6 5 7 18 19 18 3 5 10 16 35 -20 37
18 Goias 36 9 9 18 39 60 18 6 4 8 19 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -21 36
19 Coritiba 35 6 10 19 29 49 17 3 6 8 12 17 18 3 4 11 17 32 -20 28
20 Botafogo 36 4 12 20 30 60 18 2 5 11 15 30 18 2 7 9 15 30 -30 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Internacional 36 20 9 7 60 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 18 8 5 5 26 16 27 69
2 Flamengo 36 20 8 8 65 45 18 10 4 4 33 22 18 10 4 4 32 23 20 68
3 Atletico Mineiro 36 18 8 10 59 43 18 13 4 1 39 13 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 62
4 Sao Paulo 34 16 11 7 54 37 17 9 6 2 26 14 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 59
5 Fluminense 35 16 9 10 49 40 18 10 5 3 29 14 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 57
6 Palmeiras 34 15 11 8 49 32 18 9 7 2 32 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 17 56
7 Grêmio 35 13 17 5 51 37 17 9 6 2 32 21 18 4 11 3 19 16 14 56
8 Athletico PR 36 14 8 14 36 35 18 8 5 5 18 13 18 6 3 9 18 22 1 50
9 Santos 35 13 11 11 50 48 17 8 6 3 33 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 2 50
10 Corinthians 35 13 10 12 45 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 17 5 4 8 16 21 1 49
11 Bragantino 35 12 12 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 17 3 7 7 16 21 9 48
12 Ceara 35 12 10 13 49 47 17 6 5 6 19 21 18 6 5 7 30 26 2 46
13 Atletico GO 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 5 9 4 21 20 18 6 4 8 15 23 -7 46
14 Sport Recife 35 12 5 18 29 45 17 8 1 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 41
15 Fortaleza 36 10 11 15 34 38 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 2 5 11 14 27 -4 41
16 Bahia 36 10 8 18 42 59 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 2 6 10 17 33 -17 38
17 Vasco da Gama 36 9 10 17 34 54 18 6 5 7 18 19 18 3 5 10 16 35 -20 37
18 Goias 36 9 9 18 39 60 18 6 4 8 19 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -21 36
19 Coritiba 35 6 10 19 29 49 17 3 6 8 12 17 18 3 4 11 17 32 -20 28
20 Botafogo 36 4 12 20 30 60 18 2 5 11 15 30 18 2 7 9 15 30 -30 24

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.