About Match
15 points separate the sides: Flamengo 2nd on 51, Atlético Mineiro 8th on 36. Recent form flatters Atlético Mineiro's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 8th. Scoring rates set the scale: Flamengo 2 scored and 0.84 conceded per game, Atlético Mineiro 1.33 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.32. A win here leaves Flamengo on 54 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
Atlético Mineiro's unbeaten run stands at 14.
GioScore's database holds 37 meetings between the two: 19 for Flamengo, 12 for Atlético Mineiro and 6 drawn, at 2.62 goals per meeting. 1.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.62.
Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in Rio de Janeiro, capacity 78,838, hosts the game.