This has all the signs of yet another intriguing run-in at Estádio Jair Carneiro Toscano de Brito in the Carioca Serie A. Audax Rio is in 5th position and receive Nova Iguaçu in 12th spot. Learn more about the game here!
- Audax Rio have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Carioca Serie A
- Nova Iguaçu have the most conceded goals (6) in Carioca Serie A
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Audax Rio and Nova Iguaçu.
Audax Rio form and stats
The first Carioca Serie A game here at Estádio Jair Carneiro Toscano de Brito resulted in a draw. Last season Audax Rio's home game statistics were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 5 games.
The fans are hoping that Audax Rio will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Volta Redonda (placed 4th).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Vasco da Gama.Audax Rio has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Nova Iguaçu form and stats
It's not happening yet for Nova Iguaçu on their Carioca Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Iguaçu have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 394 minutes ago. Samuel was the goal scorer.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Nova Iguaçu, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Flamengo (placed 1st). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Flamengo was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Prior to that match, the Iguaçu manager de Carvalho faced defeat when travelling to Fluminense and losing 0-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bangu in just three days.
{0 goals} so far away for Nova Iguaçu, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Nova Iguaçu have won or drawn the last 6 games (4-2-0) against Audax Rio.Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Pinheiro 1 goals |  G. Sandes Gomes 1 goals | L. Joaquim da Silva 1 goals |
Audax Rio missing players
Nova Iguaçu missing players
| Audax Rio | Nova Iguaçu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 3.8 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
- Audax Rio have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Carioca Serie A
- Nova Iguaçu have the most conceded goals (6) away in Carioca Serie A
- Nova Iguaçu have the most conceded goals (6) in Carioca Serie A
- Nova Iguaçu have the most conceded goals in the first half (3) in Carioca Serie A
- Nova Iguaçu have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Carioca Serie A
- Nova Iguaçu have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Carioca Serie A
| Audax Rio | Last season | Nova Iguaçu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 87% | ||
| 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 20% | ||
| 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 33% | ||
| 46% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 21% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 11.6 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Bangu | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Audax Rio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Resende | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Portuguesa RJ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Madureira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Boavista | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Nova Iguaçu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Botafogo | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Nova Iguaçu | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 8 | Audax Rio | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 10 | Boavista | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
