Brasileirão round 34: Flamengo stay three clear, Palmeiras win 6–1 and Chapecoense go down

This time Flamengo moved first: Pedro scored twice in a 3–1 win over Grêmio at the Maracanã on Wednesday, and a day later Palmeiras answered with a 6–1 win over Remo, the most goals by any side in a league match this season, so Flamengo still lead 76 to 73 with four rounds left. Cruzeiro won a fourth in a row, 3–2 against Bahia, but can no longer catch either of them. At the bottom, Chapecoense were relegated after losing 2–1 at home to Mirassol, Internacional won to climb out of the bottom four and Grêmio dropped into it, while Corinthians, with two men sent off in a goalless derby, stayed in it. Round 34 brought 31 goals in ten matches: six home wins, three away wins and one draw.

Monday

RB Bragantino 2–1 Santos opened with an own goal by Rodinei on 4. Coutinho, from Gabriel Barbosa's pass, equalised on 37, and Wallace Yan, from H. Mosquera's, restored RB Bragantino's lead on 41. Santos had 62 per cent of the ball and 17 shots to 15, but five on target at each end; they have gone three without a win, and the sides are now level on 47.

Tuesday

Chapecoense 1–2 Mirassol at the Arena Condá sent the home side down. Kauan, from Giovanni Augusto's pass, put Chapecoense ahead on 12; Reinaldo missed a penalty on 20, then scored from another on 45. On 57 the goalkeeper Anderson turned a long shot from Shaylon into his own net, which Gazeta Esportiva reports confirmed Chapecoense's relegation mathematically. The defender Eduardo Doma criticised the second penalty and called it "a horrible year for us" (Gazeta Esportiva, translated).

Wednesday

Internacional 1–0 Coritiba, which kicked off at 00:30 UTC, was decided by Alerrandro's penalty on 90, after Rodrigo Moledo's foul on Juninho; according to Jornal do Comércio, it was Alerrandro's first goal since 16 May. G. Maripan of Internacional was sent off on 90+6. Internacional had 19 shots to six and 15 corners to two against Coritiba.

Atlético Paranaense 1–3 Vasco da Gama at the Arena da Baixada turned in six minutes. S. Mendoza, from Luiz Gustavo's pass, put Atlético Paranaense ahead on 22; F. Aguirre's own goal levelled it on 61, Bruno Duarte, from J. Rodriguez's pass, scored on 63 and Gabriel Pereira, from F. Colidio's, on 67. Kevin Viveros, the league's top scorer, was sent off for violent conduct on 77. Vasco da Gama had seven shots and no corners; Itatiaia and Lance report that it was their first win at the ground since 2007. Atlético Paranaense have gone four without a win.

Flamengo 3–1 Grêmio was settled by half-time. Samuel Lino scored on 20, and Pedro, from J. Carrascal's pass, on 28 and again on 45; F. Amuzu replied on 69. Flamengo had eight shots on target to four, and the Grêmio goalkeeper made six saves. It is Flamengo's fifth league win in a row and eleventh match unbeaten, and Pedro now has 20 goals, one behind Viveros.

Thursday

Botafogo 1–0 Atlético-MG was won with 32 per cent of the ball. Edenilson, from Vitinho's pass, scored on 19. Botafogo had lost at Remo in round 33; Atlético-MG have now lost three in a row.

São Paulo 0–0 Corinthians was played at the Vila Belmiro. Corinthians lost M. Pereira to a red card on 31 and Yuri Alberto to another on 82; Lance reports that the referee, Raphael Claus, wrote that Pereira ignored his repeated requests and that Yuri Alberto caught Ferreira with his studs, and that both miss the next match. São Paulo had 19 shots and Corinthians 18, five and four on target.

Palmeiras 6–1 Remo at the Nubank Parque was over by half-time. J. Arias, from Vitor Roque's pass, scored on 4 and again on 14, from Khellven's; Maurício, from Marlon Freitas's, made it 3–0 on 21, and Marcelinho's own goal 4–0 on 36. Zé Welison replied for Remo on 45, before J. López, from Khellven's pass, scored on 55 and Felipe Anderson, from López's, on 80. Palmeiras had nine shots on target, and are unbeaten in eleven. Abel Ferreira said that, even so, Palmeiras still depend on Flamengo, who "have everything to win this competition" (Gazeta Esportiva, translated).

Friday

Cruzeiro 3–2 Bahia, which kicked off at 00:30 UTC, was turned round by Kaio Jorge. C. Olivera, from Rodrigo's pass, put Bahia ahead on 32, and Kaio Jorge, from K. Arroyo's, equalised on 45. Kaio Jorge then slipped as he took a penalty and blazed it off target, as Gazeta Esportiva describes, before Bruno Rodrigues, from Arroyo's pass, scored on 69 and Kaio Jorge, from L. Romero's, on 86. A. Veliz, from Luciano Juba's pass, pulled one back on 90. Cruzeiro won with 45 per cent of the ball; Kaio Jorge has 14 goals.

Vitória 0–3 Fluminense at the Barradão closed the round. J. Savarino, from A. Canobbio's pass, scored on 15, Canobbio, from Nonato's, on 42, and R. Castillo, also from Nonato's, on 90. Fluminense have won two in a row and are fourth; Vitória have gone five without a win.

The table

Flamengo lead Palmeiras by three points, 76 to 73, with four rounds left, and the two are now alone in the race: Cruzeiro, third on 60, can reach no more than 72. Fluminense are fourth on 57, three ahead of Atlético Paranaense. At the bottom, Chapecoense, on 21, are down, and Remo, on 29, are nine points from safety. Internacional, on 38, are sixteenth, behind Vitória on wins; Corinthians and Grêmio, on 37, are seventeenth and eighteenth, a point below them. Mirassol have 40 and Vasco da Gama 41; Vasco da Gama and Chapecoense still have their postponed round 21 match to play.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo	34	23	7	4	+42	76
2	Palmeiras	34	21	10	3	+39	73
3	Cruzeiro	34	18	6	10	+7	60
4	Fluminense	34	16	9	9	+13	57
5	Atlético Paranaense	34	15	9	10	+8	54
6	Bahia	34	14	11	9	+5	53
7	Atlético-MG	34	14	8	12	+4	50
8	RB Bragantino	34	13	8	13	+5	47
9	Santos	34	12	11	11	+1	47
10	São Paulo	34	12	8	14	0	44
11	Botafogo	34	11	9	14	−7	42
12	Coritiba	34	11	9	14	−11	42
13	Vasco da Gama	33	11	8	14	−7	41
14	Mirassol	34	10	10	14	−9	40
15	Vitória	34	10	8	16	−16	38
16	Internacional	34	9	11	14	−4	38
17	Corinthians	34	9	10	15	−6	37
18	Grêmio	34	9	10	15	−9	37
19	Remo	34	6	11	17	−20	29
20	Chapecoense	33	4	9	20	−35	21

The points race shows how little has separated the leaders lately: Flamengo have taken 15 points from the last five rounds and Palmeiras 13, while Cruzeiro, with four straight wins, remain 16 points off the lead.

Numbers to know

• 31 goals in ten matches; six home wins, three away wins and one draw.
• Four red cards, two of them for Corinthians, and four own goals.
• Four penalties: Reinaldo and Alerrandro scored, Reinaldo and Kaio Jorge missed.
• Palmeiras's six goals against Remo are the most by any side in a league match this season.
• Flamengo and Palmeiras have each won 13 of 17 at home; Vitória have won none of 17 away.
• Kevin Viveros of Atlético Paranaense leads the scorers with 21, one ahead of Pedro of Flamengo.

Next up

After the international break, round 35 begins on Saturday 14 November with Mirassol v Atlético-MG at 21:30 UTC. On Wednesday 18 November Coritiba v Santos kicks off at 22:30 UTC, Remo v Chapecoense at 23:00 UTC, and Cruzeiro v Palmeiras and Flamengo v Atlético Paranaense at 23:30 UTC, with Corinthians v Botafogo and Grêmio v Bahia at 00:30 UTC on Thursday. Vasco da Gama v Internacional and Vitória v RB Bragantino follow at 22:30 UTC on Thursday, and São Paulo v Fluminense closes the round at 00:30 UTC on Friday 20 November. The full round is on the Brasileirão page.

Sources for the context: Gazeta Esportiva, Gazeta Esportiva, Gazeta Esportiva, Gazeta Esportiva, Lance, Lance, Itatiaia, Jornal do Comércio.