This is shaping up to be yet another absorbing encounter at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in the Serie A. Flamengo is in 4th place and receive Palmeiras in 15th position. Read about the fixture here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Flamengo and Palmeiras.
Flamengo form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie A game here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Flamengo last season were 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 6 games.
Flamengo's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Sao Paulo (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Arrascaeta, a striker, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.94 (out of 10). Arrascaeta scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Flamengo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost one.
Flamengo are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Atletico PR awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Flamengo's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Palmeiras form and stats
One match played away so far in the Serie A for Palmeiras and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses from 6 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Goias (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The draw against Goias came from a losing position. The Palmeiras manager Ferreira brought on Rony as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Veiga was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Veiga hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).
Palmeiras are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Palmeiras are hosting Corinthians in the Serie A only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Palmeiras has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Flamengo wins - draws - Palmeiras wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  M. Isla Isla 1 goals |  G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti 1 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 1 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Flamengo | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 21 | 19 |
| 5.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6.5 |
| Flamengo | Last season | Palmeiras | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 31% | ||
| 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 47% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 31% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 69% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 6% | ||
| 8.1 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Bragantino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Coritiba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Ceara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Internacional | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Avai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Palmeiras | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Juventude | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Goias | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Atletico PR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fluminense | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Nova Iguacu | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 8 | Audax Rio | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 10 | Boavista | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| Last season | 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Ituano | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 4 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
