This is a vital clash in the lower section of the Carioca Serie A, with both Audax Rio and Boavista going through more tension than happiness. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team placed 10th and the visitors in 12th position.
- Audax Rio have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Carioca Serie A
- Boavista is in the worst form (0-1-5)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Audax Rio form and stats
Audax Rio have played three Carioca Serie A home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Mota was the last player to score a league goal for Audax Rio and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Audax haven't scored in 193 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Júnior led his Audax Rio to a defeat away at Fluminense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Jair Carneiro Toscano de Brito.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Bangu.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Audax handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Audax Rio here at Estádio Jair Carneiro Toscano de Brito in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). From these home matches, Audax Rio have conceded only 2 goals.
Boavista form and stats
As the visiting team in Carioca Serie A matches, Boavista have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.
The manager Moraes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estádio Eucy Resende de Mendonça. Boavista suffered a 0-4 loss to Botafogo (placed 1st). Boavista lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Flamengo's place.We have checked recent matches where Boavista have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Boavista's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 4 matches. As opposed to that, Boavista have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Audax Rio two wins, zero draws and Boavista one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Audax Rio missing players
Boavista missing players
| Audax Rio | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 4.1 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 2.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.2 | 6.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 10.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6 | 7.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 22% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 10.1 | 9.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 16.8 | 14.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
- Audax Rio have not yet lost a game at home.
- Audax Rio have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Carioca Serie A
- Audax Rio have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Audax Rio have yet to win a game at home.
- Boavista have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Boavista have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Boavista have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Carioca Serie A
- Boavista have yet to win a game.
- Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Boavista is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Bangu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | Madureira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Portuguesa RJ | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Nova Iguacu | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 10 | Audax Rio | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Resende | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
| 12 | Boavista | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 2 |
