Corinthians host the first leg in this deciding Copa Libertadores Quarter-finals game. Flamengo will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) before the return leg in 88 days.
It's no vacation for neither Corinthians 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.
Corinthians form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Neo Química Arena as Corinthians have scored 14 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 7-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Corinthians's last game was hosting Botafogo and winning 1-0. Goalkeeper Cássio got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.81 out of ten. Cássio topped it up with a clean sheet.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Corinthians as they are travelling to their away game against Avai in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
The Corinthians fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Corinthians have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Flamengo form and stats
Flamengo was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the final last season.3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Flamengo playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Flamengo had fun at their own home (Neo Química Arena) last time out, beating Atlético GO 4-1. Vidal, Marinho, Hugo and Lázaro scored. Midfielder Hugo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.83. Hugo scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Flamengo manager Júnior as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against São Paulo.
Flamengo have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Corinthians-Flamengo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Corinthians one win, Flamengo eight wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 9 goals |   R. Krug Guedes 6 goals |  G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti 5 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Corinthians | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 15.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | Avai | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 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 | Atlético 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 |
