December 3rd features a match where Sport Recife plays host to Flamengo in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Sport Recife is fresh off their 0-2 loss against São Paulo. Jonathan Calleri scored the first goal for São Paulo in the 50th minute, then Gabriel Davi Gomes Sara added another in the 81st minute In the end, Sport Recife couldn’t muster any offence and São Paulo ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 2nd placed Flamengo, recorded a 2-2 draw against Grêmio. Coelho Santos scored the first goal for Flamengo in the 58th minute, then Victor Vinicius Coelho Santos added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Kenedy. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Flamengo should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Aug 15th, Flamengo hosted Sport Recife at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in their last match together. Flamengo was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Bruno Henrique scored the first goal for Flamengo in the 11th minute, then Ronaldo Henrique Ferreira da Silva added another on an own goal in the 47th minute In the end, Sport Recife couldn’t muster any offence and Flamengo ran away with the shutout win.
Flamengo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Michael Richard Delgado de Oliveira and Barbosa Almeida each having 3 goals in their last five. Mikael has been the most prolific scorer on Sport Recife in his last five matches with 2 goals.