Match Report
4 points and 3 places separated them: Flamengo 4th with 7, Portuguesa RJ 1st with 11. On recent form Portuguesa RJ sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Flamengo 1.83 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Portuguesa RJ 2.17 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.29.
Defeat had not touched Flamengo in 8 games, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by Flamengo, 0 by Portuguesa RJ, 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira (capacity 20,255). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Flamengo: Iago Teodoro (90') · Portuguesa RJ: Rhuan (58')
Key stats
Possession: Flamengo 65% · Portuguesa RJ 35% · Total shots: 12-14 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 9-4