Serie A
Flamengo have 76 points to show for 34 league games, good for 1st in Serie A. This guide covers recent form, the goals profile and the home and away split, then the markets and bookmakers worth a look.
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Rio de Janeiro has plenty of ways to spend a Sunday, but Flamengo is the one that fills the streets. The club has been part of the city for well over a century, plays in Brazilian Serie A and carries a following that treats every result like a family matter. For bettors that means big prices on the occasion and a crowd that never goes quiet, so look for value in the games where the noise cannot hide a weak line-up.
Top of Serie A, Flamengo hold a cushion of three points over second place.
At 2.1 goals per game, Flamengo's attack is ahead of the 1.34 league average.
And defensively, Flamengo keep it tighter than the typical side: 0.9 conceded per game against 1.34.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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| 34 |
| 23 |
| 7 |
| 4 |
| 71 |
| 29 |
| +42 |
| 76 |
| – |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 73 | −3 |
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| 3 | Cruzeiro | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 60 | −16 |
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| 4 | Fluminense | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 57 | −19 |
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| 5 | Atletico Paranaense | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 54 | −22 |
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| 6 | Bahia | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 53 | −23 |
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| 7 | Atletico-MG | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 50 | −26 |
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League average this season: 1.34 goals scored per team per game, 2.7 per match (all 20 clubs' goals over their games played).
No defeat in 15 for Flamengo, who have 11 wins and 4 draws in that spell (all competitions).
Flamengo have taken 6 points from two games against top-six opposition (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie A | H | Grêmio (H) | 3–1 | W | |
| Serie A | A | Vasco da Gama (A) | 4–1 | W | |
| Serie A | H | Atletico-MG (H) | 3–2 | W | |
| CONMEBOL Libertadores | H | Estudiantes L.P. (H) | 0–0 | D | |
| Serie A | A | Bahia (A) | 3–0 | W | |
| CONMEBOL Libertadores | A | Estudiantes L.P. (A) | 0–0 | D | |
| Serie A | H | Fluminense (H) | 1–0 | W | |
| Serie A | A | Santos (A) | 2–2 | D | |
| Serie A | H | RB Bragantino (H) | 2–1 | W | |
| CONMEBOL Libertadores | H | Independiente del Valle (H) | 1–1 | D |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Flamengo are unbeaten in their last ten home games (league matches).
On top of that, on their travels, Flamengo have lost none of the last four (league matches).
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 2.47 |
| Away | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 2.00 |
| All | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 71 | 29 | 2.24 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
The league average for over 2.5 goals is 51%; in their 34 league games Flamengo are at 65%.
The goals have started to flow for Flamengo, with 2.6 per game across the last five against 1.8 earlier (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Goals conceded per game | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Total goals per game | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 55% | 80% | 47% |
| Both teams scored | 55% | 60% | 53% |
| Clean sheets | 45% | 40% | 47% |
| Failed to score | 10% | 20% | 7% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Serie A average this season is 2.7 goals per match. Across 339 finished Serie A matches this season, 51% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 59%. In Flamengo's 34 Serie A matches, 65% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 53%.
Pedro Guilherme has 28 goals in 53 appearances for Flamengo, 0.5 a game on average (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Guilherme | 53 | 28 | 10 | 38 |
| Samuel Lino | 52 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Lucas Paquetá | 39 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Bruno Henrique | 43 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Giorgian De Arrascaeta | 37 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Jorge Carrascal | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
All competitions since 28 January. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Atletico Paranaense come into the game against Flamengo on the back of 3 defeats in their last 5 (league matches).
Flamengo face two top-six teams in their next three fixtures.
However, Flamengo are 1.24 to beat Atletico Paranaense at home, the favourites with the bookmakers.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie A | H | Atletico Paranaense (H) | 5th | WLDLL | |
| Serie A | A | Palmeiras (A) | 2nd | WWWDW | |
| Serie A | A | Coritiba (A) | 12th | DLLWL | |
| Serie A | H | Chapecoense-sc (H) | 20th | LLWLL |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Back them at home | Strong points per game at home (home and away table above) |
| Win to nil, clean sheet | Clean sheets come often (goals profile above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
It began with a boat. On 17 November 1895 a group of rowers met at the manor of Nestor de Barros, by Flamengo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, and a club was born. Football followed in 1912, the first official match ending 16–2 against Mangueira, still the biggest winning margin in the club's history. Hungarian coach Kürschner brought the WM system over from Europe in 1937 and changed how the team played, and by 1980 Flamengo had the first Brazilian Championship of their history. Zico finished with 508 goals for the club, and the night of 13 December 1981, with Zico, Tita and Nunes on the field, is still called the most important match Flamengo have ever played. The tough years came from 2010 to 2015, when the team finished better than tenth in Série A only once, but 2019 swept the sadness away: the most successful season in the club's footballing history, and a first trip to the FIFA Club World Cup, in Qatar.
Maracanã is the cathedral, and it has been Flamengo's stage since the stadium opened in 1950. Capacity is 78,838 and the noise on a big night is the kind you feel in your ribs. Zico scored his final goal there in 1989, taking his tally to 333, a record for the ground that still stands unbroken. The club's own base is the Estádio da Gávea, officially the Estádio José Bastos Padilha, inaugurated on 4 September 1938 and holding 4,000. After a stand-off with the state government and the stadium operator in 2017, the team even played home games at the Estádio Luso Brasileiro. The next big move is a new ground: in December 2024 the club released designs for an 80,000-capacity stadium in the Gasômetro area.
Every rivalry needs an origin story, and this one comes with a walkout. In October 1911 a handful of unhappy Fluminense players walked out and joined the rowing club of Flamengo, creating the football department of the club. From that split grew the Fla–Flu, the traditional Brazilian derby between two clubs from Rio de Janeiro, and the scoreboard of the long war is tight. Flamengo's 39 state league titles beat Fluminense's 34 as of 2025, and together they are the Campeonato Carioca's two biggest winners. Nothing about this fixture respects a form guide, because pride, history and a city divided down the middle do not show up in a league table. Respect the occasion, and be wary of any price that treats it like another game.
Goals are scarce when Flamengo play Fluminense, averaging 1.6 across 10 meetings (all competitions).
| Rival | P | W | D | L | Goals/game | Last met |
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| Fluminense | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.6 |
