RIO DE JANEIRO. Flamengo prevailed over Cuiabá to win 2-1. It was Flamengo to strike first with an early goal of Luiz Araújo at the 6′. Then Pedro scored again for Flamengo in the 45′ minute. Eventually, Clayson reduced the distance for Cuiabá a penalty (79′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Flamengo was surely better in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima with the collaboration of Alessandro Álvaro Rocha de Matos and Francisco Chaves Bezerra Junior. The 4th official was Paulo Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.97 degrees Celsius or 85.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Flamengo was in firm control of the ball 68% while Cuiabá was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Flamengo was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Flamengo won the match.
Flamengo shot 19 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cuiabá shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Flamengo received 2 yellow cards (Luiz Araújo and Léo Pereira). Talking about the opposition, Cuiabá didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Flamengo has 66 points like Atlético Mineiro to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Cuiabá will stays with 48 points to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Flamengo will play away against São Paulo on the 7th of December with a 17-13 head to head stats in favor of São Paulo (13 draws).
Cuiabá will host Athletico PR on the 7th of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Athletico PR (1 draw).
Flamengo – Formation
Flamengo
90'
83'
6'
Flamengo adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Adenor Leonardo Bacchi decided to play with the following team: Agustín Rossi , Guillermo Varela , Fabrício Bruno , Léo Pereira , Filipe Luís , Erick Pulgar , Gerson , Luiz Araújo , Giorgian De Arrascaeta , Everton and Pedro .
The home team had on the bench: Santos, Rodrigo Caio, Ayrton Lucas , Everton Ribeiro, Gabriel Barbosa, Matheus Cunha, Bruno Henrique , Pablo, Matheuzinho, Wesley and Rayan Lucas Marques de Souza.
Substitutions
Flamengo made 5 changes: Pedro for Victor Hugo (90′), Guillermo Varela for Wesley (90′), Everton for Bruno Henrique (82′), Léo Pereira for Rodrigo Caio (90′) and Filipe Luís for Ayrton Lucas (83′).
Player of the match: Luiz Araújo
The player that probably impressed the most for Flamengo was Luiz Araújo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 61 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Cuiabá – Formation
Cuiabá
Also Cuiabá adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
António José Cardoso de Oliveira played with: João Carlos , Marllon , Allyson , Alan Empereur , Matheus Alexandre , Raniele , Denilson , Rikelme , Jonathan Cafu , Clayson and Deyverson .
These were the players on the bench: Vitão, Filipe Augusto , Uendel , Isidro Pitta , Wellington Silva, Emerson Ramon, Derik Lacerda , Vinicius, Lucas Mineiro, Calebe, Fernando Sobral and Patric Calmon.
Substitutions
Cuiabá made 5 changes: Jonathan Cafu for Derik Lacerda (57′), Denilson for Filipe Augusto (57′), Allyson for Fernando Sobral (57′), Deyverson for Isidro Pitta (69′) and Rikelme for Uendel (69′).
Player of the match: Clayson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cuiabá was Clayson.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Athletico PR – Santos – 3-0
- Bragantino – Coritiba – 1-0
- América Mineiro – Bahia – 3-2
- Fortaleza – Goiás – 1-0
- Grêmio – Vasco da Gama – 1-0
- Atlético Mineiro – São Paulo – 2-1
- Palmeiras – Fluminense – 1-0
- Botafogo – Cruzeiro – 0-0
- Flamengo – Cuiabá – 2-1
