A total of 30 rounds of fixtures are done and Cuiabá are 9 points ahead of Vasco da Gama. How will it end?
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
- Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Vasco da Gama have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Cuiabá nor Vasco da Gama as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cuiabá form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Cuiabá have to build on here at Arena Pantanal in the Serie A.
A strong away win for Cuiabá against Botafogo the last match, as Pitta were on target. Walter loved the game against Botafogo. With a stunning nine saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Walter got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.74 out of ten. Walter topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Cuiabá lost 0-1 at home to Corinthians.This is expected to be a close game, with Cuiabá perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cuiabá as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Cuiabá has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 13 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cuiabá as they are travelling to their away game against Santos in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Cuiabá are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cuiabá's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
There's been little loot from Vasco da Gama's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Serie A. Vasco da Gama only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Vasco da Gama are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Goiás (placed 17th). Goalkeeper Jardim made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Goiás. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Defender Maicon was the best team player with a rating of 8.12. Maicon served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
A 1-2 loss hosting Internacional before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Vasco in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Vasco da Gama, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 15 of this side's latest 20 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Vasco da Gama are hosting Botafogo in the Serie A only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vasco as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vasco da Gama have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This duo faced each other previously this match year: Vasco da Gama - Cuiabá 1-0. Previous three meetings between these contenders: Cuiabá won zero, Vasco da Gama were winners in one and we saw two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Brum Silva Acosta 10 goals |   P. Vegetti Pfaffen 8 goals |  G. Fortes Chaves 6 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Cuiabá | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 31 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 32 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | 42 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 70% | 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 37% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 7% | 13% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 17% |
| 37% | 47% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 50% |
| 30% | 27% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 20% |
| 37% | 33% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 33% |
| 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 14.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 11.4 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 25% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 25% | 24% |
| 12.1 | 8.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 16.1 | 13.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 53 |
| 3 | Bragantino | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 50 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 50 |
| 6 | Atletico Mineiro | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 49 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 45 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Cuiabá | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Internacional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 38 |
| 13 | Cruzeiro | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 37 |
| 15 | Bahia | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -5 | 34 |
| 16 | Santos | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -20 | 34 |
| 17 | Goiás | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 32 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 42 | -30 | 23 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -28 | 19 |
