National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Palmeiras or Flamengo that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Palmeiras nor Flamengo 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.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Paulista A1 games here at Estádio Nacional de Brasília.
Palmeiras enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ituano's place. The match ended 3-1 with Ramos and Leal scoring.
Before that, Palmeiras drew at home versus Sao Paulo.Palmeiras are traveling soon after this match as the Paulista A1 match at Mirassol awaits in four days.
At Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Palmeiras has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo was sent out of Supercopa do Brasil in the final last season.Flamengo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bangu for a 1-1 draw.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Nova Iguaçu in the Carioca Serie A.After this away game Flamengo return home for a Carioca Serie A game against Boavista. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Palmeiras won one, Flamengo triumphed in five and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva Barbosa 12 goals |   G. Barbosa Almeida 11 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 11 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Palmeiras | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 16% | ||
| 8 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 16.1 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 14.1 | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Santo Andre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Sao Bernardo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Portuguesa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
