Flamengo vs Santos Preview & Prediction 07 Dec 2021

Flamengo get everything set for this following their 1-1 result vs Sport Recife, a match they learned a lot from. How will they do against Santos?

Insights:

Flamengo have the most scored goals (69) in Serie A
Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of Santos.

Flamengo have less rest than Santos in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Sport Recife, so at least Flamengo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Flamengo is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Santos are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Flamengo form and stats

Flamengo have performed here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho this season with 13 wins from 18 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 4. Flamengo haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Fluminense, 44 days ago.

Flamengo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sport Recife that ended 1-1. The Flamengo goalkeeper Hugo Souza was crucial in the match against Sport Recife last time out, making seven saves. Hugo Souza, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.14 out of 10 in that game. Souza stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ceara.

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

The Flamengo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 18 league matches. From these home matches, Flamengo have conceded only 14 goals. 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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Santos form and stats

There's been little loot from Santos's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Santos only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 8 draws.

Santos are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Internacional (placed 10th). Goalkeeper João Paulo made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Internacional. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Attacker Marcos Leonardo got a player rating of 8.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Leonardo scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Fortaleza.

A quick return to home after this game, as Santos are hosting Cuiaba in the Serie A only three days away.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santos have conceded 26 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Santos - Flamengo 0-4, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Flamengo wins - draws - Santos wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Santos Costa

6 goals

C. Sánchez Arcosa

5 goals

M. de Almeida Santos Matos

5 goals

Flamengo missing players

Santos missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Flamengo				Santos
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
21	13	4	Won	W	0	2	11
8	1	0	Drew	D	2	8	13
7	4	2	Lost	L	3	8	12
69	31	9	Scored	S	6	13	33
33	14	6	Conceded	C	11	26	39
97%	94%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	81%
81%	67%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	67%	67%
58%	50%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	60%	39%	31%
36%	22%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	60%	22%	19%
8%	11%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	6%	3%
50%	33%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	80%	44%	31%
39%	50%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	28%	44%
14%	22%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	44%	44%

6.1	6.9	6	Corners for (avg)	C F	3.4	4.7	5.1
4.2	3.5	4.2	Corners against (avg)	C A	6.4	5.9	4.7
2.2	2.3	2.5	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	3.8	2.6	2.4
3	2	1	Red cards	R C	0	0	1

16	16.8	16.8	Shots (avg)	S (	9.6	11.6	12.5
6.4	6.6	6	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.4	3.3	3.6
30%	26%	25%	Goal Efficiency	G E	50%	22%	25%

11.1	9.9	10	Shots against (avg)	S A	16.2	14.2	12.9
3.6	3.1	3	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	7.4	5.1	4.4

Flamengo			First Half	Santos
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
17	9	4	Won	W	0	1	6
14	7	1	Drew	D	3	11	21
5	2	1	Lost	L	2	6	9
33	15	6	Scored	S	1	4	13
11	4	2	Conceded	C	4	10	16
69%	67%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	60%	50%	53%
33%	28%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	22%	22%
17%	11%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	6%	6%
3%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
11%	6%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	17%	17%
75%	83%	83%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	56%	61%
44%	44%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	78%	69%

Flamengo			Second Half	Santos
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
15	8	2	Won	W	2	5	13
10	5	2	Drew	D	1	7	13
11	5	2	Lost	L	2	6	10
36	16	3	Scored	S	5	9	20
22	10	4	Conceded	C	7	16	23
81%	78%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	67%	67%
42%	33%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	44%	33%
25%	17%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	60%	22%	14%
8%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	6%	6%
3%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
22%	22%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	60%	22%	11%
56%	56%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	50%	64%
42%	44%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	61%	58%

Key stats in Serie A this season:

Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of Santos.
Flamengo have the most scored goals (69) in Serie A
Flamengo have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Serie A
Flamengo have the the best goal difference (+36) in Serie A
Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

		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	36	25	6	5	60	27	18	16	1	1	38	10	18	9	5	4	22	17	33	81
2	Flamengo	36	21	8	7	69	33	18	13	1	4	31	14	18	8	7	3	38	19	36	71
3	Palmeiras	36	19	5	12	57	43	18	10	3	5	32	26	18	9	2	7	25	17	14	62
4	Corinthians	36	15	11	10	39	34	18	10	4	4	25	17	18	5	7	6	14	17	5	56
5	Fortaleza	36	16	7	13	42	43	18	10	4	4	24	18	18	6	3	9	18	25	-1	55
6	Bragantino	36	13	14	9	51	42	18	6	9	3	27	20	18	7	5	6	24	22	9	53
7	Fluminense	36	14	9	13	35	36	18	10	5	3	21	14	18	4	4	10	14	22	-1	51
8	America Mineiro	36	12	13	11	39	37	18	8	6	4	20	11	18	4	7	7	19	26	2	49
9	Ceara	36	11	16	9	39	37	18	10	6	2	24	14	18	1	10	7	15	23	2	49
10	Internacional	36	12	12	12	43	39	18	8	6	4	28	20	18	4	6	8	15	19	4	48
11	Atlético GO	36	11	14	11	29	35	18	5	10	3	15	14	18	6	4	8	14	21	-6	47
12	Santos	36	11	13	12	33	39	18	9	5	4	20	13	18	2	8	8	13	26	-6	46
13	Athletico PR	36	13	6	17	40	44	18	8	4	6	23	21	18	5	2	11	17	23	-4	45
14	Sao Paulo	36	10	15	11	28	36	18	6	9	3	15	14	18	4	6	8	13	22	-8	45
15	Juventude	36	10	13	13	34	41	18	8	6	4	18	15	18	2	7	9	16	26	-7	43
16	Cuiaba	36	9	16	11	32	36	18	6	6	6	17	20	18	3	10	5	15	16	-4	43
17	Bahia	36	10	10	16	39	49	18	7	5	6	25	22	18	3	5	10	14	27	-10	40
18	Gremio	36	11	6	19	39	47	18	7	6	5	25	18	18	4	0	14	14	29	-8	39
19	Sport Recife	36	8	10	18	22	36	18	5	6	7	12	12	18	3	4	11	10	24	-14	34
20	Chapecoense	36	1	12	23	27	63	18	0	6	12	13	31	18	1	6	11	14	32	-36	15

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	Atletico Mineiro	36	25	6	5	60	27	18	16	1	1	38	10	18	9	5	4	22	17	33	81
2	Flamengo	36	21	8	7	69	33	18	13	1	4	31	14	18	8	7	3	38	19	36	71
3	Palmeiras	36	19	5	12	57	43	18	10	3	5	32	26	18	9	2	7	25	17	14	62
4	Corinthians	36	15	11	10	39	34	18	10	4	4	25	17	18	5	7	6	14	17	5	56
5	Fortaleza	36	16	7	13	42	43	18	10	4	4	24	18	18	6	3	9	18	25	-1	55
6	Bragantino	36	13	14	9	51	42	18	6	9	3	27	20	18	7	5	6	24	22	9	53
7	Fluminense	36	14	9	13	35	36	18	10	5	3	21	14	18	4	4	10	14	22	-1	51
8	America Mineiro	36	12	13	11	39	37	18	8	6	4	20	11	18	4	7	7	19	26	2	49
9	Ceara	36	11	16	9	39	37	18	10	6	2	24	14	18	1	10	7	15	23	2	49
10	Internacional	36	12	12	12	43	39	18	8	6	4	28	20	18	4	6	8	15	19	4	48
11	Atlético GO	36	11	14	11	29	35	18	5	10	3	15	14	18	6	4	8	14	21	-6	47
12	Santos	36	11	13	12	33	39	18	9	5	4	20	13	18	2	8	8	13	26	-6	46
13	Athletico PR	36	13	6	17	40	44	18	8	4	6	23	21	18	5	2	11	17	23	-4	45
14	Sao Paulo	36	10	15	11	28	36	18	6	9	3	15	14	18	4	6	8	13	22	-8	45
15	Juventude	36	10	13	13	34	41	18	8	6	4	18	15	18	2	7	9	16	26	-7	43
16	Cuiaba	36	9	16	11	32	36	18	6	6	6	17	20	18	3	10	5	15	16	-4	43
17	Bahia	36	10	10	16	39	49	18	7	5	6	25	22	18	3	5	10	14	27	-10	40
18	Gremio	36	11	6	19	39	47	18	7	6	5	25	18	18	4	0	14	14	29	-8	39
19	Sport Recife	36	8	10	18	22	36	18	5	6	7	12	12	18	3	4	11	10	24	-14	34
20	Chapecoense	36	1	12	23	27	63	18	0	6	12	13	31	18	1	6	11	14	32	-36	15