Flamengo can not ask for any donations from the home team São Paulo in this Serie A fixture. Here's the broad match guide!
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Flamengo is in the best form (5-0-1) in Serie A
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
São Paulo form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, São Paulo have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games.
São Paulo's previous fixture was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 vs Ceará. The home team are looking to repeat that performance. Before that beating this team had gone six consecutive league rounds without losing.
Prior to that, an away loss at Atletico PR in the Serie A.The manager Ceni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ceará in only four days.
A decent goal production from Paulo in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. São Paulo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Flamengo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Flamengo, whose boss Júnior could celebrate last time after the Copa Libertadores win against Corinthians. Santos was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.83. The agile goalkeeper Santos topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Atletico GO in the Serie A.A new game in only three days for Flamengo, the Copa Libertadores home match versus Corinthians. Busy days.
As opposed to that, Flamengo have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Flamengo - Paulo 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (São Paulo wins - draws - Flamengo wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 10 goals |   G. Barbosa Almeida 9 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 7 goals |
São Paulo missing players
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| São Paulo | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 75% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 70% |
| 50% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 70% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 45% |
| 20% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 17 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12 | 15.1 |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 33% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 28% |
| 12.1 | 10.4 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.7 | 11 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
- Flamengo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Flamengo have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie A
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Flamengo is in the best form (5-0-1) in Serie A
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Atletico PR | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Internacional | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 9 | Santos | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Goias | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Ceará | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Avaí | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Fortaleza | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Juventude | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 16 |
