Week 34 features a match on Wednesday Oct 26th, where Flamengo hosts Santos at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Flamengo is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Corinthians. Pedro struck first for Flamengo in the 7th minute, but Giuliano got the equalizer for Corinthians in the 82nd minute . Flamengo is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Santos recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Bragantino. Camacho struck first for Santos in the 51st minute on a feed from Lucas Braga, then added another in the 69th minute on a feed from Madson In the end, Bragantino couldn’t muster any offence and Santos ran away with the shutout win. Santos is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On Jul 2nd, Santos hosted Flamengo in their last match together. Flamengo won by a score of 2 to 1. Pedro struck first for Flamengo in the 18th minute, then Vinicius tied it up for Santos in the 66th minute.
For Santos, their top scorers are Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida and Lucas Braga, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Marinho and Matheus Franca de Oliveira are the top scorers for Flamengo in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.