Serie A: Top-drawer vs below average, at least that's what the table says. Palmeiras - Vasco da Gama. Home victory or a shock result?
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (36) in Serie A
- Vasco da Gama have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie A
The hosts Palmeiras saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Libertadores. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Deportivo Pereira.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras have performed here at Allianz Parque this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Two home wins in a row for Palmeiras bring valid hopes of a third.
Palmeiras are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Palmeiras are returning here after visiting Deportivo Pereira in a Copa Libertadores match and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. The striker Rony won the honour of being "man of the match" for Palmeiras with a rating of 8.82/10. Rony scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cuiaba and winning 2-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Deportivo Pereira are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Palmeiras in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Palmeiras have conceded only 8 goals.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
There's been little loot from Vasco da Gama's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Vasco da Gama only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Serginho scored in Vasco da Gama's previous match, the home game against Atletico Mineiro that ended 1-0. Jardim was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.4. The agile goalkeeper Jardim topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bragantino that ended 1-1.Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
In the opposite end, Vasco da Gama have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras have put together a streak of 9 consecutive games without defeat (5-4-0) when facing Vasco da Gama.Vasco da Gama - Palmeiras 2-2 was the story when these two contenders previously met, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Cavalcante Veiga 6 goals |  A. Guimarães 5 goals |  R. da Silva Barbosa 4 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Palmeiras | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 63% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 60% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 47% |
| 30% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 37% |
| 6.2 | 8 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 18.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 34% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 21% |
| 11.9 | 9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 17.1 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
- All of Vasco da Gama's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have scored more than double the goals of Vasco da Gama.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (36) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Palmeiras is in the best form (4-1-1) in Serie A
- Vasco da Gama have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vasco da Gama have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie A
- Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Gremio | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Sao Paulo | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 11 | Atletico Mineiro | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Internacional | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Goias | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 16 | Bahia | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 10 |
