The Carioca 1 league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Madureira and Volta Redonda are placed 7th and 3rd respectively.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Madureira form and stats
It's back home for Madureira, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Macae away with the result 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Fluminense.
Volta Redonda form and stats
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Volta Redonda goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 240 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Volta Redonda delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Vasco da Gama (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Carioca 1 game. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Macae.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Madureira two wins, one draw and Volta Redonda seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. de Castro Ferreira 6 goals |  Y. de Oliveira Ferreira 3 goals | N. Gomes de Melo 3 goals |
Madureira missing players
Volta Redonda missing players
| Madureira | Volta Redonda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 88% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 62% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.4 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 7.5 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | 34 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 40 | 119 |
| 31 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 36 |
| 29% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 36% |
- Madureira have not yet lost a game at home.
- Madureira have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Volta Redonda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Volta Redonda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Volta Redonda have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Volta Redonda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Volta Redonda 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 | Fluminense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Madureira | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Resende | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 11 | Macae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |