October 20th features a match where Corinthians and Flamengo will play a match in Rio de Janeiro in a Copa do Brasil match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. Flamengo is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Atlético Mineiro. Sousa Soares scored the first goal for Flamengo in the 38th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético Mineiro couldn’t manage to score, and Flamengo took the shutout win. Flamengo is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while corinthians is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Flamengo. Neither Corinthians nor Flamengo could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 17 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Corinthians should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Arena Corinthians, Corinthians and Flamengo battled to a 0-0 draw. Corinthians had 13 on net, and Flamengo had 17, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Both Yuri Alberto and Róger Guedes have been the hottest scorers for Corinthians in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Flamengo’s most prolific scorer has been Pedro. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.