SPORT · SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Key Facts
- —Date Round 36 of 38 in the Brasileirão Série A, which the CBF has placed in the window of Saturday 21, Sunday 22 or Monday 23 November 2026; the Palmeiras calendar shows 21 November with the day and time still to be defined.
- —Venue Nubank Parque (called Allianz Parque until 2026), Avenida Francisco Matarazzo 1705, Água Branca, São Paulo, Brazil; the league has not yet confirmed the stadium for this match.
- —Kick-off Not set yet. São Paulo is two hours ahead of US Eastern time from 1 November, so a 9:30 p.m. start would be 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
- —Tickets Palmeiras official ticket site, ingressospalmeiras.com.br; sale dates for this match are not announced. Visiting fans use Gate D.
- —Prices Not published for this match.
- —How to watch in the US Fanatiz lists the Brasileirão except Flamengo home games, at US$12.99 a month on its Front Row plan; the broadcaster for this match is not confirmed.
- —The stakes Flamengo have 67 points and Palmeiras 66 after 31 of 38 rounds (20 October); this is their return league meeting, after Palmeiras won 3-0 at the Maracanã on 23 May.
- —For US visitors A Brazilian visa or e-visa is required for US citizens; the State Department rates Brazil Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution.
- —Prediction markets Polymarket gives Flamengo a 61.0% chance and Palmeiras 38.5% of winning the 2026 Série A title (20 October, 10:13 a.m. ET).
- —Power Index Brazil ranks 1st of 14 in The Rio Times Latin America Power Index, with 75.0 points (October 2026 edition).
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Palmeiras host Flamengo at Nubank Parque in São Paulo in round 36 of the 2026 Brasileirão Série A, a match that the CBF has placed in the weekend window of 21 to 23 November and that the club’s calendar lists for 21 November. The two clubs lead the league, with Flamengo of Rio de Janeiro on 67 points and Palmeiras on 66 after 31 of 38 rounds on 20 October.
For US readers this is the return league meeting of the two leaders, and it comes 9 to 11 days before the final round on Wednesday 2 December. The kick-off time, ticket prices and sale dates are not published yet, so this guide sets out what is confirmed and what is still open.
Palmeiras vs Flamengo: What Is at Stake
The Série A is a single 20-club table that runs for 38 rounds, and the club with the most points at the end is champion. The CBF, Brazil’s football confederation, shows Flamengo first on 67 points and Palmeiras second on 66, both after 31 games, on its table updated on 20 October.
Flamengo have 20 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats with a goal difference of plus 36, while Palmeiras have 19 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats with plus 32. Athletico Paranaense are third on 53 points, 14 behind Flamengo.
Before the meeting Palmeiras are due to play Red Bull Bragantino, Santos, Remo and Cruzeiro, while Flamengo face Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama, Grêmio and Athletico Paranaense. The news site Metrópoles published that run of fixtures on 19 October, and the outlet A Crítica carried the same home and away split, with Palmeiras at home to Flamengo in round 36.
After the meeting the CBF table puts round 37 on 28 or 29 November, with Palmeiras away at Chapecoense and Flamengo away at Coritiba, and round 38 on Wednesday 2 December, with Palmeiras at home to Coritiba and Flamengo at home to Chapecoense. The club calendar lists the Chapecoense game for 28 November and both of those Palmeiras games with hours still to be set.
Date, Kick-Off Time and US Eastern Time
The CBF’s detailed table, updated on 19 October, puts all of round 36 in a window of Saturday 21, Sunday 22 or Monday 23 November and gives Palmeiras vs Flamengo no day, time or stadium. The Palmeiras calendar shows the match on 21 November at Nubank Parque with the time marked as to be defined, and Metrópoles wrote on 19 October that it falls on 21 or 22 November.
The CBF has not yet published the day or the kick-off, and the club’s ticket page repeats the same placeholder. This guide will not guess a day or a time until the league or the club names one.
Brazil ended daylight saving time by Decree 9,772 of 25 April 2019, so São Paulo stays at UTC minus 3, while US clocks go back on Sunday 1 November 2026 and put the East Coast at UTC minus 5. On any day from 21 to 23 November São Paulo will therefore be two hours ahead of New York, and a 9:30 p.m. kick-off would be 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
The club calendar shows recent Palmeiras league home games at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday 8 October and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday 11 October, local time, so the range of start times is wide. Converted at the two-hour November gap, those two slots would be 7:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
Nubank Parque and How to Get There
Nubank Parque is the Palmeiras home ground at Avenida Francisco Matarazzo 1705 in the Água Branca district of São Paulo, and it carried the name Allianz Parque until 2026. The arena’s own website still carries some Allianz Parque links, so searches for either name lead to the same arena.
The nearest station is Palmeiras-Barra Funda, about 800 metres from the stadium, which is served by the Red Line of the metro, the Diamond and Ruby lines of the CPTM commuter rail and more than 50 bus lines. The arena also has parking for 2,000 cars, and two shopping centres, Bourbon and West Plaza, lie within 500 metres.
For the October Libertadores game the club listed Gate A on Rua Turiaçu for the Gol Sul, Central Oeste, Superior Sul and Superior Oeste sectors, Gate B on Avenida Francisco Matarazzo for Geral Norte, Gol Norte, Superior Norte and Superior Leste, and Gate C for Central Leste. The arena says gates open about two hours before an event on average, with the exact time set by the promoter and the public security forces.
Visiting fans enter at Gate D on Rua Padre Antônio Tomás, where they have their own box office, toilets and snack bar on a floor separate from home fans, and the two groups meet only in the stands. Flamengo supporters travelling from Rio de Janeiro should therefore look for the visiting sector, which has its own entrance and facilities.
Alcohol may not be consumed in the stadium on football days under the Estatuto do Torcedor, Brazil’s fan statute, and smoking is banned in the arena under a São Paulo state law. Food and drink are paid for with a prepaid card that costs R$7 (US$1.38) to activate, according to the club’s ticket notice for the October game.
How a Visitor Buys a Ticket
Tickets for Palmeiras home games are sold online through the club’s official site, ingressospalmeiras.com.br, and sales for the Flamengo game have not opened. For the Libertadores game on 21 October the club opened a pre-sale for Avanti, its membership programme, on 13 October and general sale on 15 October, six days before the match, so a similar pattern is likely but not promised.
Buyers register on the site with personal data that matches their identity document, pay by debit card, credit card or PIX, which is Brazil’s instant bank transfer system, and enter the stadium through facial recognition. Online purchases can be cancelled within seven calendar days and no later than 24 hours before kick-off.
The club’s notice says buyer data is validated with the Receita Federal, Brazil’s federal tax authority, and it does not say how foreign passports are handled. A Palmeiras fan site says foreigners can buy with valid personal data, facial biometrics and a foreign document accepted by the platform, but the club itself has not confirmed that, so visitors should test the registration well before sale day.
For the October Libertadores game the club’s public price list ran from R$120 (US$23.73) for standing room in the Geral Norte sector to R$500 (US$98.88) in Central Oeste, with half-price tickets for eligible fans such as R$60 (US$11.87) in Geral Norte. Those prices belong to that game and not to the Flamengo match, whose list the club has not published, and the dollar figures use the central bank rate of 5.0564 reais per US dollar on 19 October.
Visiting fans buy under the visiting club’s own ticket policy and the guidance of public security, and the arena says that any tickets left may be sold on match day at the Gate D box office at Rua Padre Antônio Tomás 182. Whether Flamengo will receive an allocation, and how large it will be, had not been announced in the sources opened on 20 October.
Entry depends on the buyer’s identity and facial registration, so visitors should buy only through the club’s official site. The club also allows one ticket per person for each match, whether bought or received as an invitation.
How to Watch From the US
The streaming service Fanatiz lists the Brasileirão in Portuguese and English on its Front Row plan at US$12.99 a month, with the note that the plan covers all games except Flamengo home games. Because this match is at Palmeiras’s home, it falls outside that exclusion, although no listing for it was visible on 20 October and Fanatiz says its content varies by country and over time.
In Brazil the club calendar names Premiere as the broadcaster of its league games on 24 and 28 October, and it has not yet named a channel for round 36. US rights can differ from Brazilian rights, so fans should confirm the match on the Fanatiz schedule in the week of the game.
If the game follows the recent Palmeiras home pattern of starts between 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in São Paulo, it would begin between 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Pacific time is three hours behind Eastern, so the same range would be 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the West Coast.
What It Means for US Readers
US citizens need a Brazilian visa or e-visa for a visit of any purpose, and the passport must be valid on arrival with at least one blank page, according to the State Department entry page last updated on 20 August 2025. The yellow fever vaccine is not required for entry, and the same page says that travellers who want it should be vaccinated before they leave.
The State Department rates Brazil at Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution, in an advisory issued on 29 May 2025 that was still the one on its site on 20 October 2026. It warns that violent crime can occur in urban areas by day and night and that assaults with drugged drinks are common, especially in Rio de Janeiro.
Match-day rules limit some risks inside the ground, because the visiting sector is separated from home fans, alcohol is banned on football days and entry is by facial recognition. The arena lists Palmeiras-Barra Funda station and its 2,000-space car park as its transport options, so visitors should decide how they will return to their hotel before the match.
Our São Paulo City Guide for Expats and Visitors is the guide to the city for visitors and residents. What to Do in São Paulo in November 2026 lists other events in the month of the match.
Fans who follow the race can read Brasileirão 2026 Title Race and Who Can Still Win for background on the table. The cup run of the home side is covered in Palmeiras vs Vasco Cup Semifinal in São Paulo.
What Prediction Markets Say
On Polymarket’s market for the 2026 Brazil Série A winner, bets gave Flamengo a 61.0% chance and Palmeiras 38.5% at 10:13 a.m. ET on Tuesday 20 October. About US$51,000 has been traded on the market, and no other club is priced above 1%.
Flamengo has eased from 63% on 14 October, while Palmeiras has stayed between 35% and 38.5%, so bettors have moved little in a week. The market is on the league title and not on this match, and no separate market on the Palmeiras vs Flamengo result was listed on 20 October.
Why we show this: prediction markets turn real-money bets into a live probability that moves within minutes of the news, which is why investors, campaigns and newsrooms in the United States now follow them closely. We show them next to polls and official results, never instead of them.
What Is Not Confirmed Yet
The kick-off time, the exact day and the ticket sale dates for the Palmeiras vs Flamengo match have not been published, and the CBF table leaves the day open between 21 and 23 November. Prices, the size of the Flamengo allocation and the broadcaster for round 36 are also open.
The club lists the venue as Nubank Parque and the CBF names none, while the arena’s own agenda on 20 October showed concerts on 14, 17, 27 and 28 November and no entry yet for this game. The club and the CBF also list its league game against Red Bull Bragantino on 24 October at Arena Barueri (Arena Crefisa on the club site) rather than at Nubank Parque, so a change of venue cannot be ruled out.
Palmeiras and Flamengo are both in the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, with second legs on 21 and 22 October, and CONMEBOL sets the final for 28 November at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, a date that overlaps round 37. Palmeiras are also listed to play Vasco da Gama in the Copa do Brasil on 1 and 8 November, and nothing in the sources opened says that round 36 will move beyond the CBF window.
The club’s pages do not explain how a foreign visitor registers a passport, validates identity or completes the facial registration. The visa requirement was confirmed on the State Department page only, because the Brazilian e-visa portal could not be opened.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Palmeiras vs Flamengo and what time does it start?
The CBF has placed round 36 of the Brasileirão Série A, including Palmeiras vs Flamengo, on Saturday 21, Sunday 22 or Monday 23 November 2026, and the club calendar shows 21 November at Nubank Parque in São Paulo. The kick-off time has not been set, and São Paulo is two hours ahead of US Eastern time on those dates.
How can a visitor buy a ticket for Palmeiras vs Flamengo?
Tickets are sold online through the club’s official site, ingressospalmeiras.com.br, after registering personal data and a face photo, and sale dates for this match have not been announced. Visiting fans use the separate Gate D sector, and any tickets left may be sold at its box office on match day.
How can I watch Palmeiras vs Flamengo in the United States?
Fanatiz lists the Brasileirão at US$12.99 a month on its Front Row plan, excluding Flamengo home games, so this Palmeiras home game should fall outside the exclusion once a listing appears. The broadcaster for the match has not been confirmed, so check the schedule in the week of the game.
Do US citizens need a visa to travel to São Paulo for the match?
Yes, the State Department says US citizens need a Brazilian visa or e-visa for any visit and a passport valid on arrival with a blank page. It rates Brazil at Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution, in an advisory issued on 29 May 2025.
Sources: Palmeiras ticket page · Palmeiras calendar · Palmeiras ticket notice, 12 October 2026 · Nubank Parque FAQ · Nubank Parque visiting fans · CBF Série A table, 20 October 2026 · Metrópoles, 19 October 2026 · A Crítica, 19 October 2026 · CONMEBOL Libertadores final · Fanatiz plans · Portal do Palestra tickets guide · State Department Brazil advisory · State Department Brazil entry page. Exchange rate: Banco Central do Brasil PTAX, 19 October 2026.
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