Palmeiras kept a good lead over its rivals in the race for the Brasileirão Série A title. Even after Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Cruzeiro at Arena Barueri, the team finished the 16th round four points ahead of Flamengo — 35 to 31. This Sunday, in the clash between the two Rubro-Negros, Athletico-PR and Flamengo drew 1-1 at Arena da Baixada, with Carlo Ancelotti in attendance.
Pedro scored Flamengo’s goal and became the outright top scorer in the Brasileirão, with 9 goals.
In third place, Fluminense beat São Paulo 2-1 at the Maracanã on Saturday and now has 30 points.
Also on Saturday, Atlético-MG beat Mirassol 3-1 at Arena MRV, and Inter thrashed Vasco 4-1 at Beira-Rio.
On Sunday, other matches also livened up the round: Santos 0-3 Coritiba, at Vila Belmiro; Botafogo 3-1 Corinthians, at Nilton Santos; Bahia 1-1 Grêmio, at Fonte Nova; Chapecoense 2-3 Remo, at Arena Condá; and Red Bull Bragantino 2-0 Vitória, at Cícero de Souza Marques.
In Bragantino’s match, goalkeeper Tiago Volpi scored a penalty against Vitória and now has three goals in the competition’s history. He opened the scoring with a penalty in the first half.
Volpi now sits fourth among the goalkeepers who have scored the most goals since 1937. Rogério Ceni, former São Paulo goalkeeper, remains the clear leader with 65 goals, followed by Márcio with 8 and Jean with 5.
Check out the list of goalkeepers with the most goals scored in the Brasileirão (1937-2026):
65 – Rogério Ceni (São Paulo) – 574 matches
8 – Márcio (Atlético-GO) – 114 matches
5 – Jean (Atlético-GO) – 84 matches
3 – Viáfara (Vitória) – 103 matches
3 – Wilson (Coritiba) – 338 matches
[3] – Tiago Volpi (Grêmio) – 194 matches2 – Bruno (Flamengo) – 158 matches
2 – Lauro (Ponte Preta and Portuguesa) – 209 matches
2 – Miguel Ortiz (Atlético-MG) – 48 matches
1 – Saja (Grêmio) – 30 matches
1 – Eduardo (Atlético-MG) – 140 matches
1 – Éverson (Ceará) – 284 matches
1 – Serginho (Vila Nova-GO) – 103 matches
1 – Régis (Paraná) – 201 matches
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