Only the second game in the Serie A for these teams and it's all to play for here at Arena do Grêmio as Grêmio welcomes Flamengo. Check out this preview!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Copa do Brasil match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Brasiliense, was also a home game here at Arena do Grêmio. The away team is better rested.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Grêmio form and stats
The Grêmio supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Brasiliense in Copa do Brasil and win 2-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ceara in the Serie A.Flamengo form and stats
Let's have a look at how Flamengo performed last season in the Carioca 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 12/4 goals scored/conceded.
Flamengo had fun at their own home (Arena do Grêmio) last time out, beating Palmeiras 1-0. Pedro scored. Diego Alves was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.05. The agile goalkeeper Alves stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Velez Sarsfield in the Copa Libertadores.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Grêmio wins - draws - Flamengo wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. de Oliveira Campos 1 goals | R. Viana Filho 1 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 1 goals |
Grêmio missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Grêmio | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Grêmio | Last season | Flamengo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | ||
| 53% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 60% | ||
| 33% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 13% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 33% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.4 | 18.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 7.5 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ceara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Atletico GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Juventude | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Grêmio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Atletico Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Flamengo | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Nova Iguacu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 12 | Macae | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -23 | 1 |