Corinthians aim to beat Flamengo again at Maracanã, boost record | OneFootball

Corinthians take the field this Sunday afternoon (13) at 5:30 p.m. Brasília time at Maracanã Stadium to face Flamengo in a match valid for the 27th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. Currently, Timão sit only in 12th place with 32 points — eight wins, eight draws, and 10 losses — with 27 goals scored and 27 conceded.

Despite their poor run in the national competition — they are coming off four straight defeats — Corinthians enter the match looking to improve their historical record against Flamengo. The first meeting between the teams took place on December 1, 1918, in a friendly at Rua Paysandu Stadium. On that occasion, Alvinegro won 2-1, with both goals scored by Neco, a club legend who played for Timão between 1913 and 1930.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Agência Corinthians

Since then, Corinthians and Flamengo have faced each other 158 times. In total, Corinthians have 57 wins, 35 draws, and 66 losses, with 222 goals scored and 242 conceded. Rubro-Negro overtook Alvinegro in the overall numbers over the last seven years. During that period, the club from Parque São Jorge beat the Rio side on only four occasions: twice in the 2022 Brasileirão (1-0 in Itaquera and 2-1 at the Maracanã), in the 2024 Brasileirão (2-1 at Neo Química Arena), and in the Brazilian Super Cup (2-0 at Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasília).

In matches valid for the Brazilian Championship, Corinthians have 29 wins, 21 draws, and 34 Flamengo victories. In addition, they have scored 101 goals and conceded 120. In the first half of this year’s national competition, the two teams drew 1-1 at Neo Química Arena. Alvinegro have not beaten the Rio side in the tournament since September 2024, when they defeated their rival 2-1 in Itaquera. In the 2025 Brasileirão, Flamengo won both meetings — 4-0 at the Maracanã and 2-1 at the Arena.

Corinthians seek to beat Flamengo again at the Maracanã after nearly four years

Corinthians’ last win against the Rio team at the Maracanã came on November 2, 2022. That day, Timão beat Rubro-Negro 2-1 in the 35th round of the Brazilian Championship, with goals scored by defensive midfielder Du Queiroz and striker Yuri Alberto. Since then, the teams have faced each other three times at the stadium, all in the Brasileirão, and Flamengo won all of them. In 2023, they won 1-0. In the following two years, they beat Alvinegro by 2-0 and 4-0, respectively.

In that match, Corinthians, then coached by Portuguese manager Vitor Pereira, took the field with: Cássio; Bruno Méndez, Balbuena, Robert Renan and Fábio Santos; Fausto Vera, Du Queiroz and Giuliano; Matheus Vital, Róger Guedes and Yuri Alberto.

*Interesting fact:In that match, Hugo Souza and Matheuzinho, now at Corinthians, started for the Rio team. Dorival Júnior, who coached Timão between April 2025 and April 2026, was Flamengo’s manager. Rubro-Negro fielded a changed lineup, as they had just won the Copa do Brasil and the Libertadores.

Flamengo and Corinthians have already faced each other at the Maracanã on 52 occasions. In total, Corinthians have 11 wins, eight draws, and 33 victories for the opponent — 44 goals scored and 92 conceded — a 26.28% success rate. According to a survey by the Estatísticas Corinthians profile, Alvinegro have the following record against Rubro-Negro at the venue of this Sunday’s match since 2016: one win, three draws, and 10 losses — seven goals scored and 22 conceded. The success rate is 14.3%.

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