Vasco da Gama vs Fortaleza: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 19.Oct
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (25000 seats)

Both Vasco da Gama and Fortaleza are thirsting for points in this fixture, in spite of the away side holding a 15 point advantage from earlier matches.

Insights:
  • Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

Vasco da Gama have collected 17 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-2-6.

The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus São Paulo last time out and are looking for a victory here. Goalkeeper Jardim got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.22 out of ten. Jardim saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Vasco lost 1-4 at Santos's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Vasco da Gama perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vasco da Gama as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Vasco da Gama has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 16 league matches, 12 have seen zero, one or two goals.

There will be little rest for Vasco da Gama after this match as they are travelling to Flamengo for a Serie A game in only four days.

Vasco has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Vasco da Gama have conceded 15 goals. When Vasco hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Santos, Cruzeiro, Goiás, Coritiba, Bahia and America Mineiro), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Fortaleza go into this game after a win, the home game against America Mineiro that ended 3-2. Fortaleza can call themselves comeback kings after the match against America Mineiro. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Pacheco scored the final goal. The attacker Galhardo got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Galhardo signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, the win at home hosting Corinthians in the Copa Sudamericana (2-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Fortaleza, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Bahia.

The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Fortaleza have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Fortaleza - Vasco da Gama 2-0 was the output when these two contenders previously did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Vasco wins - draws - Fortaleza wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vasco da GamaP. Vegetti Pfaffen
P. Vegetti Pfaffen
7 goals
FortalezaJ. Lucero
J. Lucero
7 goals
Vasco da GamaG. Fortes Chaves
G. Fortes Chaves
6 goals

Vasco da Gama missing players

Fortaleza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vasco da Gama Fortaleza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 12 26
7 5 1 Won W 2 4 12
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
13 6 1 Lost L 2 6 8
27 15 4 Scored S 5 10 33
38 15 6 Conceded C 3 13 26
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
62% 38% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 65%
35% 31% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
27% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 31% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 42%
19% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 35%
35% 46% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 35%
 
5.6 5.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 5
5.3 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.7 5.1
2.7 2.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.3 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.9 14.3 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13 15.3
3.9 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 5.5
27% 25% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 18% 23%
 
13.6 10.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.7 13.2
5.2 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.8 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 26 17 4 5 42 16 13 11 1 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 14 10 26 55
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Gremio 26 13 5 8 42 35 13 10 2 1 26 10 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
6 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 26 14 8 4 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 10 13 7 42
7 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
8 Atletico PR 26 11 8 7 38 30 14 8 5 1 25 15 12 3 3 6 13 15 8 41
9 Atlético Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 São Paulo 26 9 8 9 31 27 14 9 2 3 23 13 12 0 6 6 8 14 4 35
11 Cuiaba 25 9 5 11 26 30 12 4 4 4 17 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -4 32
12 Internacional 26 8 8 10 23 31 13 6 3 4 15 14 13 2 5 6 8 17 -8 32
13 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
14 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
15 Cruzeiro 25 7 9 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 12 4 4 4 18 13 2 30
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 34 38 12 4 4 4 20 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -4 28
17 Vasco da Gama 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 5 2 6 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 27
18 Goiás 26 6 9 11 25 37 13 3 6 4 15 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -12 27
19 Coritiba 26 5 5 16 29 54 12 3 3 6 14 17 14 2 2 10 15 37 -25 20
20 America Mineiro 26 4 6 16 29 54 13 4 1 8 13 23 13 0 5 8 16 31 -25 18

Vasco da Gama:
Table
  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 26 17 4 5 42 16 13 11 1 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 14 10 26 55
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Gremio 26 13 5 8 42 35 13 10 2 1 26 10 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
6 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 26 14 8 4 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 10 13 7 42
7 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
8 Atletico PR 26 11 8 7 38 30 14 8 5 1 25 15 12 3 3 6 13 15 8 41
9 Atlético Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 São Paulo 26 9 8 9 31 27 14 9 2 3 23 13 12 0 6 6 8 14 4 35
11 Cuiaba 25 9 5 11 26 30 12 4 4 4 17 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -4 32
12 Internacional 26 8 8 10 23 31 13 6 3 4 15 14 13 2 5 6 8 17 -8 32
13 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
14 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
15 Cruzeiro 25 7 9 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 12 4 4 4 18 13 2 30
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 34 38 12 4 4 4 20 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -4 28
17 Vasco da Gama 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 5 2 6 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 27
18 Goiás 26 6 9 11 25 37 13 3 6 4 15 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -12 27
19 Coritiba 26 5 5 16 29 54 12 3 3 6 14 17 14 2 2 10 15 37 -25 20
20 America Mineiro 26 4 6 16 29 54 13 4 1 8 13 23 13 0 5 8 16 31 -25 18

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.