Palmeiras top 3, Flamengo 13th: VAR’s ‘most helped’ in Brasileirão

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·22 April 2026

Palmeiras top 3, Flamengo 13th: VAR’s ‘most helped’ in Brasileirão

Ranking shows that video refereeing has intervened more often against Flamengo than in favor of the club

Rival fans like to push the nickname ‘varmengo’. However, Flamengo is far from being the club most favored by video refereeing. That is because VAR has intervened more often against than in favor of Mengão in the 2026 Brasileirão so far.

So, the tool used in the Brazilian Championship has stepped in twice to overturn on-field decisions in Fla’s favor. However, on three occasions the technology went against Mengo across 11 matches, which leaves Flamengo 13th in the ranking of teams affected by VAR.

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What does the full VAR decision-change ranking look like?

Athletico-PR ; 5 in favor ; 2 against ; balance 3
Botafogo ; 4 in favor ; 1 against ; balance 3
Palmeiras ; 3 in favor ; 0 against ; balance 3
Santos ; 3 in favor ; 2 against ; balance 1
Bragantino ; 5 in favor ; 4 against ; balance 1
Cruzeiro ; 5 in favor ; 4 against ; balance 1
Remo ; 4 in favor ; 3 against ; balance 1
São Paulo ; 2 in favor ; 0 against ; balance 2
Vasco ; 2 in favor ; 0 against ; balance 2
Fluminense ; 3 in favor ; 3 against ; balance 0
Vitória ; 3 in favor ; 3 against ; balance 0
Internacional ; 1 in favor ; 1 against ; balance 0
Flamengo ; 2 in favor ; 3 against ; balance -1
Atlético-MG ; 1 in favor ; 2 against ; balance -1
Corinthians ; 0 in favor ; 1 against ; balance -1
Chapecoense ; 0 in favor ; 1 against ; balance -1
Grêmio ; 2 in favor ; 4 against ; balance -2
Coritiba ; 1 in favor ; 4 against ; balance -3
Bahia ; 0 in favor ; 3 against ; balance -3
Mirassol ; 1 in favor ; 5 against ; balance -4

So, the survey was carried out by GE, which updates it after each round of the Brazilian Championship. Therefore, Palmeiras is the third team most positively impacted by video refereeing over the 12 rounds played so far.

What is Flamengo’s next match in the Brasileirão?

After facing Vitória in the Copa do Brasil, Flamengo will take on Atlético-MG on Sunday (26) from 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time). The clash, at Arena MRV, is valid for the 13th round of the Brasileirão.

Against Vitória, the Most Beloved takes the field this Wednesday (22), in the first leg of the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil. So, the ball starts rolling from 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at the Maracanã.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.