It's early days in the Carioca 1 and both Americano and América RJ are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Americano form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Americano have to build on here at Estádio Antônio Ferreira de Medeiros in the Carioca 1.
Americano are returning here after visiting Nova Iguacu in a Carioca 1 game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Lucas Abreu and Cláudio Maradona scored the goal(s). Before that match, a win away at América RJ.
At Estádio Antônio Ferreira de Medeiros, Americano has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
América RJ form and stats
As the visiting team in Carioca 1 matches, América RJ have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for América RJ, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Nova Iguacu (placed 3rd) in the Carioca 1 last time out. A loss against Americano was the result prior to that, in a home game.
América RJ have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: América RJ - Americano 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Americano five wins, one draw and América RJ four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. da Silva de Souza 3 goals | D. Gonçalves 2 goals | J. Carvalho da Silva 2 goals |
Americano missing players
América RJ missing players
| Americano | América RJ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 71% | 85% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 77% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 152 | 68 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 64 | 120 |
| 56 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 21 | 46 |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 37% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Americano | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | América RJ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Nova Iguacu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |