On Sunday May 29th, Fluminense will host Flamengo at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams in the ever popular Rio de Janeiro derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 7th placed Fluminense, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Fortaleza. Luiz Henrique Andre Rosa da Silva struck first for Fluminense in the 9th minute on a feed from Nathan, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fortaleza couldn’t manage to score, and Fluminense took the shutout win. Fluminense is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Flamengo recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Goiás. Pedro struck first for Flamengo in the 17th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Goiás was frustrated by Flamengo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Flamengo ended the match with the shutout victory. Flamengo is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Fluminense won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Flamengo’s most prolific scorer has been Pedro. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Fluminense is glad to have Germán Cano in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.