São Paulo welcomes the Brasilian champions
Sunday night (19:00 UK time) at Estádio do Morumbi.
Renato Gaúcho's side, currently unbeaten in five games, is third in the table for this weekend's matches, while their hosts find themselves only five points above the danger zone, but they haven't lost in their previous nine home games (4 wins, 5 draws).
São Paulo (v. Fortaleza): Volpi; Alves, Miranda, Leo; Nestor; Vinicius, Sara, Gomez, Reynaldo; Luciano, Karelli.
Flamengo (v. Bahia): Suzza; Rodini, Henrik, Luis, Ramon; Meia, Diego; Kenedi, Pereira, Vitinho; Barbosa.
In flamenco's race this weekend, flamenco trailed leaders Atletico by 11 points and appeared to be far ahead of Renato Gaúcho's third national title and eighth overall title, despite the game in hand. Even so, they have eight rounds to play to win an unprecedented triple crown Scarlet-Black has one of the league's 25-year-old forward Michael's most notable goalkeepers, who scored 11 goals in the first 30 brasilian games of the season.
His efforts so far have left him behind Gilberto (Bahia) and Hawke (Atletico) – both of whom have 12 goals – in the top scorers list. Michael was also at the meeting, with São Paulo scoring a goal in his last three appearances, a former Goya Academy graduate who has never done. However, in the previous four league matches against opponents this weekend, Michael has not been able to score.