Week 4 brings us a match on Apr 20th, where Flamengo hosts Palmeiras in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. In their last match, Flamengo recorded a 3-1 win against São Paulo. Gabriel Barbosa Almeida scored the first goal for Flamengo in the 25th minute, then Jonathan Calleri tied it up for São Paulo in the 41st minute. Flamengo is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while palmeiras is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Goiás. Pedro Raúl struck first for Goiás in the 58th minute, then Rony tied it up for Palmeiras in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Flamengo won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Palmeiras hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Fonseca de Souza and Pedro Bicalho, and they each have 1 goal. Delgado de Oliveira and Bruno Henrique are the top scorers for Flamengo in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.