A crucial fixture in Serie A as both squads are struggling for the top league positions. With Palmeiras in 1st position and Flamengo located at 2nd, this has all the looks of an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Serie A
Flamengo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Atletico PR, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Flamengo.
Palmeiras form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Allianz Parque as Palmeiras have scored 22 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Palmeiras are confident in defense, having played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Palmeiras against Corinthians the last match. Defender Murilo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Murilo won 1 of 3 duels.
From these home matches, Palmeiras have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Flamengo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
188 minutes! That's how long the Flamengo goalkeeper Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Flamengo, whose coach Júnior could celebrate last time after the Copa do Brasil win against Atletico PR. Rodinei was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Rodinei served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Atletico PR.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Flamengo playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Flamengo wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Flamengo have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Flamengo have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past history involving both these contenders is the Flamengo - Palmeiras 0-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palmeiras one win, four draws and Flamengo five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 9 goals |   G. Gómez Portillo 7 goals |  R. da Silva Barbosa 7 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Palmeiras | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 37 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 37 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 73% |
| 45% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 27% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 41% |
| 59% | 55% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 36% |
| 18% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 27% |
| 7.3 | 8.9 | 9.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18.4 | 20.5 | 23.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.6 | 15.5 |
| 6.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 28% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 24% | 30% |
| 11.9 | 10.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.8 | 10.9 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Serie A
- Flamengo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (13) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+23) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Palmeiras have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Palmeiras | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Internacional | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Santos | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Goias | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Ceara | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Avai | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -11 | 22 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Juventude | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 16 |
