RIO DE JANEIRO. Flamengo conquers Vasco da Gama 1-0 after Gerson scored just 1 goal (76′).

The match was played at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Raphael Claus with the assistance of Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis and Evandro de Melo Lima. The 4th official was Alex Gomes Stefano. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.45 degrees Celsius or 74.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Flamengo was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Vasco da Gama that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Vasco da Gama was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Flamengo managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Flamengo shot 10 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Vasco da Gama shot 17 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Flamengo received 1 yellow card (Fabrício Bruno). On the other side, Vasco da Gama received 2 yellow cards (Paulinho and Paulo Henrique).

Standings

After this match, Flamengo will have 50 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Vasco da Gama will stay with 30 points like Santos to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Flamengo will play away with São Paulo on the 2nd of December with a 17-13 head to head stats in favor of São Paulo (13 draws).

Vasco da Gama will host Bragantino on the 2nd of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Vasco da Gama (7 draws).

Flamengo – Formation

Flamengo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Adenor Leonardo Bacchi decided to play with the following team: Agustín Rossi (8.9), Wesley (7.5), Fabrício Bruno (8.1), Léo Pereira (7.8), Ayrton Lucas (6.7), Erick Pulgar (7.0), Thiago Maia (6.7), Gerson (8.1), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (6.7), Bruno Henrique (7.1) and Pedro (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Santos, Guillermo Varela, Rodrigo Caio, Everton Ribeiro (6.6), Gabriel Barbosa (6.4), Everton (6.4), Filipe Luís, Matheus Cunha, Victor Hugo, Pablo, Luiz Araújo (6.8) and Matheuzinho.

Substitutions

Flamengo made 4 changes: Pedro for Gabriel Barbosa (64′), Bruno Henrique for Luiz Araújo (73′), Giorgian De Arrascaeta for Everton Ribeiro (84′) and Gerson for Everton (85′).

Best player: Agustín Rossi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Flamengo was the goalkeeper: Agustín Rossi. His rating is 8.87. He performed 7 saves.

Vasco da Gama – Formation

Vasco da Gama started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ramón Ángel Díaz played with: Léo Jardim (7.0), Paulo Henrique (7.3), Gary Medel (7.3), Léo (7.0), Lucas Piton (7.5), Zé Gabriel (6.4), Paulinho (6.7), Dimitri Payet (7.3), Praxedes (6.7), Gabriel Pec (7.3) and Pablo Vegetti (7.0).

They had on the bench: José Luis Rodríguez (6.4), Maicon, Alex Teixeira, Jair (7.0), Sebastián Ferreira (6.8), Jefferson, Luca Orellano (6.7), Erick Marcus, Zé Vitor, Serginho, Cauan Barros and Ivan.

Vasco da Gama could not rely on the presence of José Luis Rodríguez (injured) and Luca Orellano (injured).

Substitutions

Vasco da Gama made 5 changes: Zé Gabriel for Jair (75′), Paulo Henrique for José Luis Rodríguez (85′), Praxedes for Sebastián Ferreira (85′), Dimitri Payet for Luca Orellano (75′) and Gabriel Pec for Erick Marcus (89′).

Best player: Lucas Piton​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vasco da Gama was Lucas Piton.

His rating is (7.5) with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Bragantino – Fluminense – 1-0
• Botafogo – Athletico PR – 1-1
• Coritiba – Palmeiras – 0-2
• Internacional – Santos – 7-1
• Atlético Mineiro – Cruzeiro – 0-1
• Corinthians – América Mineiro – 1-1
• Flamengo – Vasco da Gama – 1-0