A key match in Serie A as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Flamengo in 4th position and Sport Recife placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It's no vacation for neither Flamengo nor Sport Recife 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.
It's quite the trip for Sport Recife when visiting Flamengo as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Flamengo form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Flamengo have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
The Flamengo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atletico PR in Serie A and win 3-1. Ahead of that match, Flamengo won a home game hosting Independiente del Valle (4-0).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Flamengo home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flamengo as they are travelling to their away game against Vasco da Gama in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Flamengo has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Sport Recife form and stats
Playing away, Sport Recife have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Sport Recife, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Bahia (placed 16th) in the Serie A last time out. Before that, Recife secured a home win against Corinthians with the score 1-0.
Goalkeeper Luan Polli was absolutely vital in the Recife victory against Bahia, making ten saves.
You'll want to know how Recife managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in one away win, two draws and zero home wins.
After this away game Recife return home for a Serie A game against Botafogo. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Recife have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Recife have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Flamengo six wins, two draws and Sport Recife two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 5 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 4 goals |  I. Maidana Martins 4 goals |
Flamengo missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Flamengo | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 54% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 165 | 78 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 59 | 122 |
| 62 | 24 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 16 | 42 |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 33% |
- Flamengo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sport Recife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sport Recife 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Internacional | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Santos | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Atlético GO | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Atletico PR | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Ceara | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Grêmio | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Bahia | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Goiás | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |