Where Flamengo are · updated after every match

The table still has them 2nd, 5 points above what the underlying numbers say they've earned. On expected points they sit inside the top three.

Last match
Sun 9 Aug · home
2–0
Vitoria

Goals against expected, both sides

Flamengo2 goals
SM 1.37AF 1.13
Vitoria0 goals
0123 xG
AF 0.18SM 0.21
Goals scoredEach model's xG

The models had Flamengo creating the better chances, and they finished ahead of their band.

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Next match
Sun 16 Aug · away
at Mirassol
6 v 7
days rest
–
goal involvement out
1.31 – 0.97
projected xG

Once you price in who's missing and the venue, Flamengo look the stronger side on the season so far.

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Last ten

xG difference per match, coloured by performance not result

created moreconceded moredepth of colour shows the size of the gapmost recent

Flamengo created more than they conceded in 9 of the last 10 matches with a published sheet.

The season, by process→

xG difference per match, with a five-match rolling mean

Season mean
+0.59 per match
Creating moreConceding more
▲▼▲▲▲
Creating more that matchConceding more that matchFive-match rolling mean
Rodada 1 → 21 · bar capped past ±1.45 xG

Flamengo are creating more than they are conceding, by +0.59 xG a match on average.

Brasileirão

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Points against expected points

Team
P
Pts
xPts→
Diff
1
Palmeiras
22
48
31.5
+16.5
2
Flamengo
21
42
36.8
+5.2
3
Atletico Paranaense
22
40
34.4
+5.6
4
Fluminense
22
35
34.5
+0.5
5
Cruzeiro
22
33
34.3
−1.3
6
Bahia
22
33
31.4
+1.6

Only 16 teams in the league are owed more points than Flamengo. One side above them has a worse expected-points total.

Form in the squad

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Last five matches against the five before

Ayrton Lucas
LB · +0.74 rating
+0.74
G. Plata
RW · −0.60 rating
−0.60
Vitão
CB · +0.53 rating
+0.53
Jorginho
DM · −0.42 rating
−0.42
Luiz Araújo
RW · −0.40 rating
−0.40

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