The Campeonato Carioca is a major competition in Rio de Janeiro, come and find out how this tournament works and where you can watch the games live.

In this year's edition, the state's four big clubs will face each other again: Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco and Botafogo are the favorites for the title.

In the race for the trophy, Fluminense and Flamengo have already jumped ahead with two victories, however, there is a lot of competition ahead.

So, come and see how this competition works so you can enjoy the games to the fullest.

The Campeonato Carioca is a competition that brings together the best clubs in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

The competition was created in 1979, and had several changes to the rules, but continues to be played today.

The competition arose from the union of the Campeonato Carioca and the Campeonato Fluminense, which were organized by two federations.

Cariocão works as follows, 12 clubs from Rio's football elite compete in a game against the other 11 teams, but in single games.

In other words, each team plays once against each opponent, whoever wins gets three points, the teams that draw get one point each, and the team that loses gets no points.

At the end of all matches, the four teams with the best score advance to the knockout stage.

Where the four best teams will face each other in two semi-finals, and then whoever wins in a final, both stages with round-trip games.

After two years, the four big clubs from RJ face each other again in the Campeonato Carioca, with Vasco back in the elite.

Check out all the clubs participating in this competition:

The third round of Campeonato Carioca games took place on 21/01, so check out which games are scheduled to take place over the weekend:

Firstly, the biggest champion in this competition is Flamengo, isolated in the lead with 37 titles, followed by Fluminense with 32, Vasco with 24 and Botafogo with 21.

See the list of the last 10 Cariocão champions: 

And now, the best part, we'll show you the best ways to watch the Campeonato Carioca live.

The first way, the easiest, is on television, Band will broadcast the games in this competition.

Other ways are the Band website, the BandPlay app, and YouTube on the Cariocão TV channel.

But to have access to all the details on how to access these channels, websites, and applications, see our complete content in the article below.