The home team, Flamengo, should be expected winners in this match, but São Paulo have shown both competence and mettle. Learn more about the fixture!
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Flamengo nor São Paulo 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
17 points is a decent return from 8 Serie A games here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho for Flamengo. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The followers hope that Flamengo will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Olimpia. Luís was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.85 out of 10. The defender Luís won 5 of 9 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Cuiaba in the Serie A.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Flamengo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa do Brasil game versus Gremio in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho.
The Flamengo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Flamengo have conceded only 5 goals.
São Paulo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for São Paulo so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of São Paulo have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
The regulars enjoyed Paulo's previous match versus San Lorenzo, a Copa Sudamericana win (2-0) played at home.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Atletico Mineiro.After this away game São Paulo return home for a Copa do Brasil game against Corinthians. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting São Paulo as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Paulo have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The 6 latest games involving these opponents have all finished as Flamengo victories. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 6 goals |   G. Barbosa Almeida 4 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 4 goals |
Flamengo missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Flamengo | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 83% |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 72% |
| 61% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 50% |
| 33% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 15.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.8 | 15.6 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 34% | 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 15% | 24% |
| 16.6 | 15.6 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 14.8 | 13.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as São Paulo have scored away.
- Flamengo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Flamengo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Gremio | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goiás | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
