Brasileirão round 33: Flamengo win 4–1 at Vasco and go three points clear as Palmeiras draw at Santos

Palmeiras moved first and could not get past Santos, drawing 0–0 at the Vila Belmiro on Wednesday, and Flamengo made them pay on Thursday: Pedro and Samuel Lino scored twice each in a 4–1 win at Vasco da Gama, so Flamengo lead 73 to 70 with five rounds left. Cruzeiro won the Belo Horizonte derby 1–0 at Atlético-MG to stay third, and at the bottom Corinthians, Grêmio and Remo all won, while Internacional lost and dropped back into the bottom four. Round 33 brought 26 goals in ten matches: seven home wins, two away wins and one draw.

Wednesday

RB Bragantino 3–0 Chapecoense turned on Wallace Yan, who scored on 43 and again on 51, from Lucas Barbosa's pass. H. Mosquera, from J. Herrera's pass, made it 3–0 on 90. RB Bragantino had 23 shots, eleven on target, and the Chapecoense goalkeeper made eight saves.

Fluminense 2–1 Internacional at the Maracanã was turned round late. Alan Patrick, from Matheus Bahia's pass, put Internacional ahead on 46; Hercules equalised on 78 and L. Acosta won it on 90. Fluminense had 76 per cent of the ball and have ended a run of three defeats; they have won twelve of 17 at home.

Santos 0–0 Palmeiras at the Vila Belmiro had five shots on target at each end, and the Santos goalkeeper made five saves to the Palmeiras goalkeeper's four. Palmeiras are unbeaten in ten league matches, but their run of four wins is over. Gazeta Esportiva notes that the draw was Palmeiras's last derby of 2026 against Corinthians, Santos and São Paulo, and that they went through all twelve unbeaten; Abel Ferreira said he looks for titles, not records.

Thursday

Bahia 3–2 São Paulo, which kicked off at 00:30 UTC, had four goals in the first half. Rodrigo, from Jean Lucas's pass, scored on 6 and Erick Pulga, from Marcos Victor's, on 10; Lucas Moura, from Jonathan Calleri's pass, pulled one back on 43 and D. Bobadilla equalised on 45. Marcos Victor, from Erick's pass, won it for Bahia on 81. São Paulo had eleven corners to seven.

Remo 2–1 Botafogo gave Remo their first league win in 13 matches. Jaja scored on 8 and L. Picco on 54, and Edenilson replied for Botafogo on 83. Botafogo had 65 per cent of the ball but two shots on target. Remo have now beaten Botafogo twice this season, after a 2–1 win away in May.

Atlético-MG 0–1 Cruzeiro at the Arena MRV was settled on 4 by Kaio Jorge, from K. Arroyo's pass, his twelfth league goal. Both sides had 17 shots, but Cruzeiro had six on target to two. Itatiaia reports that it was Artur Jorge's first derby win in charge of Cruzeiro, after two defeats and a draw, and quotes him as saying the result "came cheap", given the chances his side created. Cruzeiro have won three in a row; Atlético-MG have lost two.

Vasco da Gama 1–4 Flamengo was the Rio derby, played at the Nilton Santos according to Gazeta Esportiva, which reports that Vasco fielded a mixed side with the first leg of their Copa do Brasil semi-final against Palmeiras in mind. Pedro, from Guillermo Varela's pass, scored on 10, and A. Lescano, from Brenner's, equalised on 15; Pedro made it 2–1 on 41. Samuel Lino scored on 53 and again on 85. Flamengo had six shots on target to two and are unbeaten in ten league matches; Pedro now has 18 goals.

Friday

Grêmio 2–0 Atlético Paranaense at the Arena do Grêmio was won with 30 per cent of the ball. Marlon scored on 39 and Fabian Balbuena on 52. Grêmio had 19 shots to 16; it is the first time this season they have won two league matches in a row. Atlético Paranaense have gone three without a win.

Corinthians 2–0 Mirassol turned on a red card for Mirassol's Bruno Santos, for elbowing, on 24. Matheus Bidu, from Matheuzinho's pass, scored on 58 and Kaio César, from Rodrigo Garro's, on 80. Corinthians had 33 shots to one, and Mirassol none on target. It ended a run of ten league matches without a win, and Gazeta Esportiva quotes Clarence Seedorf as calling it "only a first step".

Saturday

Coritiba 2–0 Vitória at the Couto Pereira, the last match of the round, was settled in the second half by goals from Tinga and Pedro Rocha; the data does not give the minutes. Coritiba had 20 shots, seven on target, and ended a run of seven without a win. Vitória have now played 17 away and won none.

The table

Flamengo lead Palmeiras by three points, 73 to 70, with five rounds left. Cruzeiro, on 57, are third, 13 behind Palmeiras; Fluminense and Atlético Paranaense are level on 54, with Fluminense ahead on goals scored. At the bottom, Chapecoense have 21 and Remo 29. Internacional, on 35, are eighteenth and Corinthians, on 36, seventeenth; Grêmio and Mirassol, on 37, are a point above them, and Vasco da Gama and Vitória, on 38, a point further up. Vasco da Gama and Chapecoense still have their postponed round 21 match to play. The provider's table had not yet added Saturday's match; the rows below include it.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo	33	22	7	4	+40	73
2	Palmeiras	33	20	10	3	+34	70
3	Cruzeiro	33	17	6	10	+6	57
4	Fluminense	33	15	9	9	+10	54
5	Atlético Paranaense	33	15	9	9	+10	54
6	Bahia	33	14	11	8	+6	53
7	Atlético-MG	33	14	8	11	+5	50
8	Santos	33	12	11	10	+2	47
9	RB Bragantino	33	12	8	13	+4	44
10	São Paulo	33	12	7	14	0	43
11	Coritiba	33	11	9	13	−10	42
12	Botafogo	33	10	9	14	−8	39
13	Vasco da Gama	32	10	8	14	−9	38
14	Vitória	33	10	8	15	−13	38
15	Grêmio	33	9	10	14	−7	37
16	Mirassol	33	9	10	14	−10	37
17	Corinthians	33	9	9	15	−6	36
18	Internacional	33	8	11	14	−5	35
19	Remo	33	6	11	16	−15	29
20	Chapecoense	32	4	9	19	−34	21

The points race shows the two leaders almost in step: Flamengo and Palmeiras have each taken 13 points from the last five rounds, and Cruzeiro, with nine from the last three, are the nearest of the rest but 16 points off the lead.

Numbers to know

• 26 goals in ten matches; seven home wins, two away wins and one draw.
• One red card, for Bruno Santos of Mirassol, and no penalties.
• Corinthians had 33 shots against Mirassol; Mirassol had one.
• Flamengo and Palmeiras are both unbeaten in ten league matches.
• Kevin Viveros of Atlético Paranaense leads the scorers with 21, three ahead of Pedro of Flamengo.

Next up

Round 34 begins on Monday 2 November with RB Bragantino v Santos at 23:00 UTC, and Chapecoense v Mirassol follows at 22:30 UTC on Tuesday, with Internacional v Coritiba at 00:30 UTC on Wednesday. On Wednesday evening Atlético Paranaense v Vasco da Gama and Flamengo v Grêmio kick off at 22:30 UTC, and Botafogo v Atlético-MG and São Paulo v Corinthians at 00:30 UTC on Thursday. Palmeiras v Remo is on Thursday at 22:30 UTC, Cruzeiro v Bahia at 00:30 UTC on Friday, and Vitória v Fluminense closes the round at 23:00 UTC on Friday 6 November. The full round is on the Brasileirão page.

Sources for the context: Gazeta Esportiva, Gazeta Esportiva, Gazeta Esportiva, Itatiaia.