Palmeiras lose to Santos, Flamengo take top spot in Brasileirão | OneFootball

Flamengo Regains First Place in the Brasileirão

Palmeiras ‘stumbled’ against Santos and was defeated 1-0 this Saturday (15th), in a postponed match from the 13th round of the Brasileirão. With this result, Flamengo reclaimed the lead in the national championship, after a 5-1 victory over Sport.

Santos and Palmeiras faced off at Vila Belmiro. After late pressure from the home team, in the 46th minute of the second half, Rollheiser capitalized on an assist from Robinho Jr and struck perfectly into Carlos Miguel’s corner. Thus, Vojvoda’s team secured all three points and took the lead away from their rivals.

And how was Flamengo’s match?

Flamengo visited Sport at Arena Pernambuco, also this Saturday (15th), in a postponed match from the 12th round. Mengão even fell behind on the scoreboard, but staged a historic comeback. Luiz Araújo, Juninho, Bruno Henrique, Ayrton Lucas and Douglas Telles scored the goals for the Red and Black.

What is the current situation in the Brasileirão?

Competition table provided by Superscore

With the positive result, Flamengo took the lead in the Brasileirão, with 71 points. In the meantime, Filipe Luís’s team has 21 wins, eight draws, and four losses.

On the other hand, with the defeat, Palmeiras lost the lead and dropped to second place in the Brasileirão table, remaining at 68 points. Abel Ferreira’s team has 21 wins, five draws, and seven losses.

What is Flamengo’s next match?

Now at the top of the Brasileirão, Flamengo starts to focus on the next match of the season. On Wednesday (19th), Filipe Luís’s team faces Fluminense, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã, in a match valid for the 34th round of the championship.

As tradition dictates, Coluna do Fla will bring all the details about the match, through YouTube, the website and social media. However, Globo (free-to-air channel) and SporTV (cable channel) will broadcast the match between Flamengo and Fluminense.

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