The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Flamengo leading São Paulo by 7 points. Match preview to follow:
- Flamengo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of São Paulo.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Copa Libertadores match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Defensa y Justicia, was also a home game here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. The away team is better rested.
Flamengo form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Serie A games here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho for Flamengo. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
The Flamengo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Defensa y Justicia in Copa Libertadores and win 4-1. Midfield player Giorgian De Arrascaeta got a match rating of 9.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Arrascaeta scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 8 times.
Before that match, a Serie A win away at Bahia.The match schedule is unforgiving for Flamengo as they have a new game in only four days, a Copa do Brasil match thankfully also at home. ABC are visiting.
Flamengo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho with 9 goals in 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
São Paulo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for São Paulo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Paulo, whose manager H. Crespo could celebrate last time after the Copa Libertadores win against Racing Club. Emiliano Rigoni, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.42. Rigoni scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Fortaleza.A new game in only three days for Paulo, the Copa do Brasil home match versus Vasco da Gama. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Paulo's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. 6 goals have been conceded by São Paulo in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Flamengo victory, three draws and six São Paulo wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Abreu dos Santos 3 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 3 goals | Rodrigo Muniz 3 goals |
Flamengo missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Flamengo | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 7.3 | 8.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.6 | 19.7 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 6.4 | 7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 21% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 17% |
- Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of São Paulo.
- Flamengo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Ceara | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Bahia | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Santos | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Internacional | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Juventude | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | São Paulo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Gremio | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 4 |