Flamengo and Palmeiras continue their fierce battle for the lead in Serie A of the Brazilian Championship, with the Rio de Janeiro team maintaining a one-point advantage and better performance in tiebreaker criteria. The rivalry between the two clubs gains even more intensity when looking at their record since 2018.
In the last eleven rounds (28 to 38), which theoretically decide titles since that date, the two clubs show an identical average of 21 points, with a slight advantage for Flamengo: 169 against 168 in total accumulated points. Flamengo outperformed Palmeiras in these final rounds in 2025 (21 to 18), 2024 (24 to 20), 2020 (19 to 13), and 2019 (26 to 20).
Palmeiras had the better end in the years it won the title: 2023 (26 to 19), 2022 (24 to 17), and 2018 (27 to 23). In 2021, the teams tied with 20 points each. The biggest difference between them was seven points in favor of Palmeiras in the 2023 and 2022 editions.
Flamengo will have six home matches in the final rounds, which may represent a significant advantage in the decisive stretch of the championship.
