Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras	35	18	9	8	58	32	+26	63	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Flamengo	35	18	9	8	54	37	+17	63
3	Botafogo	35	18	8	9	56	33	+23	62
4	Atlético Mineiro	35	17	9	9	46	27	+19	60
5	Grêmio	35	18	5	12	57	53	+4	59	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Red Bull Bragantino	35	16	11	8	46	31	+15	59
7	Fluminense (Q)	35	15	8	12	46	43	+3	53	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[a]
8	Athletico Paranaense	35	13	13	9	47	39	+8	52	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
9	Cuiabá	35	13	9	13	36	35	+1	48
10	São Paulo (Q)	35	12	11	12	37	36	+1	47	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[b]
11	Corinthians	36	11	14	11	44	46	−2	47	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
12	Internacional	35	12	10	13	39	43	−4	46
13	Fortaleza	35	12	9	14	40	42	−2	45
14	Cruzeiro	35	11	11	13	33	30	+3	44
15	Santos	35	11	10	14	38	56	−18	43
16	Vasco da Gama	36	11	9	16	39	49	−10	42
17	Bahia	35	11	8	16	44	48	−4	41	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Goiás	35	8	11	16	34	50	−16	35
19	Coritiba (R)	35	8	5	22	40	69	−29	29
20	América Mineiro (R)	35	4	9	22	39	74	−35	21

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.

Fluminense and Sao Paulo have already qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning other competitions.

Vasco lost 4-2 at home to Corinthians last night despite leading twice and are back in real trouble. Every other team has three games left to play.

 

Today's fixtures are ......

 

The three remaining R36 fixtures will be played tomorrow.

 

Flu and SP have nothing much to play for although the latter do need a point or two to be 100% safe, but it seems unlikely they will need them. They travel to Bahia who would move above Vasco with the draw and travel to América at the weekend, a fixture they are obviously happy with, so that draw is a possibility and I doubt they will be too adventurous late tonight if the scores are level. That draw odds have shortened a little since Vasco lost for obvious reasons.

 

No one has told Fluminense they have nothing at stake and they have taken 8 points from four unbeaten games since they won the Copa Libertadores which is just greedy! Santos are in even better form , unbeaten in seven (four draws),conceding just four goals and are traditionally strong at home , whilst Flu have lost 11 road games, the visitors might also not lose too much sleep over rivals Vasco being relegated. Home win probably, but not sure it offers too much value.

 

Botafogo are still in the title race and looking at the league table and this fixture, casual followers might be astounded to see odds of almost 1.80 for them to win, but they held a double digit lead at the top of the table last month(!) and have subsequently been in freefall. They are winless in eight games, conceding 16 goals (just 17 in 27 games previously!) five of which have been at home and four against bottom 9 opposition. Coritiba are still playing with spirit and have scored five in their last three games, two wins and a 2-1 loss away to Fluminense.

 

Palmeiras looks a banker as three wins will give them the title and a good chance that all three opponents will have nothing to play for. They are defending champions and know how to get over the line, but have done things the hard way multiple times this month in games at Botafogo, Flamengo and Fortaleza, those were all on the road, but they do have that "make life difficult vibe" in them. At home they have won their last four without conceding, by a combined 11-0, but they actually lost the two prior to that and conceded twice in each. America have been facing relegation for a long time, but look better than 21 points suggests and they were top 10 in the last two seasons and xP gives them 35-36 points. They also "always" score on the road, or at least in the last 13 games ,six draws and seven defeats, playing 5 of the top 8 in that sequence.

 

Flamengo (unbeaten in 5)-CAM (unbeaten in 7) is a doozy, two top teams in good form, surely both going for the win and with so much at stake. Fla have won the last three h2h meetings (two here in Rio), but xP only places them 10th and their odds feel very skinny.

 

Cuiabá and Inter should be safe and are just really looking to secure a Copa Sudamericana spot, but that will be a disappointment for the visitors who have finished 2nd in two of the last three seasons and who played Copa Libertadores this year, for Cuiabá it is very different. They only returned to active status as a club in 2009, they come from a State where there has been very little top flight interest, but since the reform they have had continued success. Promoted several times they made it to Serie B in 2019 and to A two years later, finishing 16th and 15th. So Sudamericana and top 10 would be huge and no reason to see them letting their focus drop. They are unbeaten in four, conceding just one goal and three of those were on the road and they are looking to do the double over Inter and we sided with them at big odds in the reverse fixture, which they won 2-1 .........