📊 Form Guide

Flamengo

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Flamengo will play in this match after a 2-2 Serie A draw against São Paulo.

In that game, Flamengo had 53% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. For Flamengo, the scorers were Giorgian de Arrascaeta (8') and Lino (64'). São Paulo got 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Luciano (3') and Ferreira (80') scored for São Paulo.

Over their prior 6 fixtures, Filipe Luís's Flamengo have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 9 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Flamengo:

• haven't won against Santos in their last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 20 league matches at home. An amazing run.

Santos

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After tasting defeat last time out to Palmeiras in Serie A competition, Santos will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Santos had 46% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Palmeiras had 31 attempts at goal with 14 on target. Roque (67', 80') was the scorer for Palmeiras.

The stats don’t lie, and Santos have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals overall. At the back, Santos certainly have room for improvement.

Coming into this contest, Santos are without a win away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 06/12/2021, there has been little between the sides with Flamengo winning 3 of those games, Santos 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for Fla and 9 belonging to Peixe. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league game between these sides was Serie A match day 14 on 16/07/2025 when the final score was Santos 1-0 Flamengo.

In that game, Santos had 26% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Neymar (84').

On the other side, Flamengo got 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Felipe Fernandes de Lima.

ℹ️ Team News: Flamengo

Pedro (Forearm fracture), Léo Ortiz (ankle sprain) and Jorginho (Thigh problems) are unavailable for Flamengo manager Filipe Luís.

In our view, Fla should kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to Agustin Rossi, Guillermo Varela, Danilo, Léo Pereira, Alex Sandro, Erick Pulgar, Saúl Ñíguez, Jorge Carrascal, G. de Arrascaeta, Samuel Lino and Bruno Henrique.

🗞️ Team News: Santos

There’s a good chance that Peixe seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Gabriel Brazão, Igor Vinícius, Adonis Frías, Luan Peres, João Souza, Willian Arao, Zé Rafael, Alvaro Barreal, Joao Schmidt, Guilherme Augusto and Neymar Jr.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Flamengo have it within them to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

However, Santos may well struggle to score themselves although we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Flamengo at the end of this one.