Serie A match preview: Palmeiras versus Flamengo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Parque (43600 seats)

Palmeiras and Flamengo are both riding high in the Serie A with their 4th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Palmeiras form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Palmeiras are 1-3-0 (wins-draw-losses). Palmeiras haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Corinthians, 66 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Palmeiras tasted defeat here at Allianz Parque, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Palmeiras manager V. Luxemburgo da Silva and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Grêmio (placed 12th) in the Serie A. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Bolivar.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Palmeiras have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost one.

Palmeiras have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Parque with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Palmeiras have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Flamengo form and stats

Flamengo have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.

Two awtics tab above.

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Leca form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Leca so far, with 5-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are 2. Division: Group C statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Leca as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Arouca game have they lost an away game, meaning Leca has taken points from 14 away matches in a row.

The Leca manager M. Jovanović has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. Leca are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Leca - Pedras 2-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Pedras victories, two draws and two Leca wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LecaI. Cissé
I. Cissé
7 goals
LecaE. Sá da Silva
Palmeiras
Flamengo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 0 6 10
4 1 0 Won W 0 4 5
6 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
14 6 1 Scored S 0 9 13
9 5 1 Conceded C 0 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 70%
30% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
10% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 10%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
127 57 11 Total Shots T S 0 83 148
38 16 1 Shots on Target S O 0 34 51
37% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 25%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Palmeiras's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Flamengo is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Palmeiras have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Palmeiras have not yet lost a game.
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

> 64% 40% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 55% 10% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 10 7 0 3 18 12 4 4 0 0 10 3 6 3 0 3 8 9 6 21
2 Internacional 11 6 2 3 15 7 5 4 1 0 10 2 6 2 1 3 5 5 8 20
3 São Paulo 10 5 3 2 13 11 6 4 2 0 9 4 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 18
4 Palmeiras 10 4 6 0 14 9 4 1 3 0 6 5 6 3 3 0 8 4 5 18
5 Vasco da Gama 10 5 2 3 15 10 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 17
6 Flamengo 10 5 2 3 13 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 17
7 Santos 11 4 4 3 14 12 6 2 3 1 11 8 5 2 1 2 3 4 2 16
8 Fortaleza 11 4 3 4 11 9 5 3 1 1 5 2 6 1 2 3 6 7 2 15
9 Fluminense 11 4 2 5 12 14 6 3 2 1 9 7 5 1 0 4 3 7 -2 14
10 Sport Recife 11 4 2 5 11 13 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 1 2 3 5 8 -2 14
11 Ceará 11 4 1 6 12 16 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 1 0 4 6 11 -4 13
12 Grêmio 10 2 7 1 9 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 4 0 5 3 2 13
13 Corinthians 10 3 3 4 15 16 5 2 2 1 9 8 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 12
14 Atlético GO 10 3 3 4 12 15 5 1 2 2 8 8 5 2 1 2 4 7 -3 12
15 Athletico PR 10 3 2 5 8 10 6 2 2 2 5 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -2 11
16 Coritiba 11 3 2 6 8 12 5 2 0 3 2 3 6 1 2 3 6 9 -4 11
17 Bragantino 11 2 4 5 14 18 5 2 1 2 9 8 6 0 3 3 5 10 -4 10
18 Botafogo 10 1 7 2 9 11 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 0 5 0 5 5 -2 10
19 Bahia 10 2 3 5 12 18 6 2 1 3 7 10 4 0 2 2 5 8 -6 9
20 Goiás 8 2 2 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 8

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.