Soccer today, Oct. 19: Flamengo beat Bahia 3-0

Flamengo beat Bahia 3-0 on Sunday night (Oct. 18) at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, in Brazil's top division, the Série A of the Brasileirão. Jorginho opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 64th minute, Gonzalo Plata made it 2-0 in the 73rd, and Lucas Paquetá added the third in the 78th. In the same round, Cruzeiro beat Grêmio 4-2, and Santos came from behind to beat Fluminense. Scores and match events come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife.

Yesterday's results (Sunday, Oct. 18)

In Salvador, Flamengo kept Bahia scoreless and scored all three goals in the second half: Jorginho from the penalty spot, Plata and Paquetá. The match page has a minute-by-minute account.

In Porto Alegre, Cruzeiro won 4-2 over Grêmio. Kaio Jorge scored three times, in the 23rd, 48th and 61st minutes, and João Marcelo added a fourth in the 80th. Grêmio's goals came from Carlos Vinícius, on a penalty in the 17th minute, and Cristian Pavón in the 41st. The home side finished the match without Walter Kannemann, who was sent off in the 73rd minute. The match summary collects the key moments.

At the Maracanã stadium, Fluminense took the lead through Rodrigo Castillo in the 4th minute, but Santos turned it around early in the second half, with Gabriel Barbosa in the 49th minute and Philippe Coutinho in the 54th, to win 2-1 (match page). At the Mangueirão stadium in Belém, Remo and Red Bull Bragantino drew 1-1. Lucas Barbosa put Bragantino ahead in the 10th minute, and Jajá equalized for Remo in the 55th (match summary).

In the Série B, Brazil's second division, Botafogo-SP beat CRB 1-0 on a goal by Hygor in the 79th minute, and Criciúma beat São Bernardo by the same score, with a goal by César in the 35th. Avaí and Athletic played to a 0-0 draw. In Goiânia, Vila Nova and Novorizontino drew 2-2, with Novorizontino's Christian Ortiz scoring in second-half stoppage time.

In Argentina's league, River Plate beat Belgrano 3-0, with goals from Tomás Galván in first-half stoppage time (45+3), Ángel Correa in the 49th minute and Thiago Almada in the 72nd. In Spain, Real Madrid thrashed Sevilla 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu, with goals from Arda Güler, Kylian Mbappé (two, the second from the penalty spot) and Yan Diomande. In the Premier League, Brighton beat Crystal Palace 5-0, Arsenal won 1-0 away at Nottingham Forest, and Leeds United and Manchester United drew 1-1. In Italy, Milan beat Atalanta 3-2.

Today's games (Monday, Oct. 19)

The Série A has one match on Monday: at 8 p.m. Brasília time, Corinthians host Vitória (match page). In the Série B, Goiás and Náutico meet at 7:30 p.m.

Among the day's European games (Brasília time), Monza host Cagliari at 1:30 p.m., and Parma host Torino at 3:45 p.m., both in Italy's Serie A. At 4 p.m., Tottenham host Coventry City in the Premier League, and Getafe host Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga. In Portugal, Braga and Gil Vicente play at 4:15 p.m. In Argentina's league, Sarmiento v Barracas Central and Newell's Old Boys v Central Córdoba kick off at 7 p.m., and Deportivo Riestra v Unión (Santa Fe) at 9:15 p.m. The match pages update during play.

Brasileirão: Flamengo back on top

In the Série A table updated on Thursday (Oct. 15), ahead of round 31, Flamengo led with 64 points from 30 games, followed by Palmeiras with 63. On Saturday (Oct. 17), Palmeiras beat Athletico-PR to reach 66 points and move ahead. With the three points from the win over Bahia, Flamengo reaches 67 and retakes the lead. Cruzeiro, on 48 in Thursday's table, rises to 51 with the win over Grêmio, and Santos, on 42, reaches 45. RaisLife adds the points from this round's results to the table. The full table is on the portal's soccer page.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, soccer scores, goals and standings
• CBF, the Brazilian Football Confederation and organizer of the Brasileirão (official calendar)
• RaisLife Soccer, games and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.