Palmeiras and Flamengo share five opponents in Brasileirão run-in | OneFootball

The race for the Brazilian Championship title is entering its final stretch, with Flamengo and Palmeiras separated by just three points. After 28 rounds, Rubro-Negro leads with 60 points, while Verdão has 57. Now, each team has ten matches left until the end of the competition.

And the schedule has one particular feature: Palmeiras and Flamengo will face five common opponents, in addition to the head-to-head clash between them, set for the 36th round at Nubank Parque.

The shared opponents are Bahia, Santos, Athletico-PR, Coritiba, and Chapecoense. Each team’s other four matches will be against different opponents.

The five common opponents

Athletico-PR sits in third place with 49 points, while Bahia is fifth with 46. Santos and Coritiba are in eighth and ninth place, respectively, and Chapecoense is at the bottom of the table.

Palmeiras

Verdão will face three of the five common opponents at Nubank Parque: Bahia, Athletico-PR, and Coritiba.

The other two will be away from home: Santos and Chapecoense.

One important detail is the switch in home advantage compared to the first half of the season: Palmeiras already hosted Chapecoense and visited Coritiba. In the final stretch, therefore, they will do the reverse: face Chape away and host Coxa.

In the first half of the season, Palmeiras beat Coritiba 3-1 away from home and defeated Chapecoense 1-0 on their own turf.

Flamengo

Flamengo will have only Athletico-PR and Chapecoense at home among the five common opponents.

Rubro-Negro will visit Bahia, Santos, and Coritiba.

In the first half of the season, Flamengo picked up 23 points from the ten matchups it will face again, with seven wins, two draws, and one loss — precisely against Palmeiras, 3-0 at the Maracanã.

The head-to-head clash

Besides the five common opponents, there is one match that could carry major weight in the final stretch: Palmeiras vs. Flamengo, in the 36th round.

The match will be played at Nubank Parque, with Palmeiras as the home side. It will be the second meeting between the teams in the Brasileirão. In the first half of the season, Verdão won 3-0 at the Maracanã.

Palmeiras’ four exclusive opponents

In addition to the five common opponents and Flamengo, Palmeiras will face four teams that will not be on its rival’s schedule:

So, of the four exclusive opponents, Palmeiras will face three at Nubank Parque, and only against Cruzeiro will they be away.

Flamengo’s four exclusive opponents

Flamengo will have another group of four exclusive opponents:

Of the four, Flamengo will face three at home.

The 20 matches in the final stretch

PALMEIRAS

29th round: Palmeiras vs. Bahia — At home30th round: Palmeiras vs. Corinthians — At home31st round: Athletico-PR vs. Palmeiras — Away32nd round: Palmeiras vs. RB Bragantino — At home33rd round: Santos vs. Palmeiras — Away34th round: Palmeiras vs. Remo — At home35th round: Cruzeiro vs. Palmeiras — Away36th round: Palmeiras vs. Flamengo — At home37th round: Chapecoense vs. Palmeiras — Away38th round: Palmeiras vs. Coritiba — At home

FLAMENGO

29th round: Santos vs. Flamengo — Away30th round: Flamengo vs. Fluminense — At home31st round: Bahia vs. Flamengo — Away32nd round: Flamengo vs. Atlético-MG — At home33rd round: Vasco vs. Flamengo — Away34th round: Flamengo vs. Grêmio — At home35th round: Flamengo vs. Athletico-PR — At home36th round: Palmeiras vs. Flamengo — Away37th round: Coritiba vs. Flamengo — Away38th round: Flamengo vs. Chapecoense — At home

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