Overview
- Flamengo reached 71 points and first place after the win in Recife, with Palmeiras later losing 1–0 to Santos.
- Sport’s defeat mathematically sealed relegation to Série B, keeping the club bottom on 17 points.
- Matheus Alexandre and Ramon Menezes were sent off before halftime, and Flamengo’s goals came from Luiz Araújo, Juninho, Bruno Henrique, Ayrton Lucas and Douglas Telles.
- Bruno Henrique was available following an STJD ruling that turned a proposed 12‑game suspension into a fine, and he found the net.
- The match at Arena Pernambuco fell from a postponed Round 12 date, coincided with Flamengo’s 130th anniversary, and precedes a Fla–Flu at the Maracanã.