Carioca Serie A preview with statistics: Boavista welcomes Fluminense to Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça

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Competition: Brazil Carioca Serie A
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça (12000 seats)

Pre-match info: 19 points separate the sides before this game, Fluminense the superior team. Will Boavista pull off a surprise?

Insights:
  • Boavista have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Carioca Serie A

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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 Boavista and Fluminense.

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have played 5 Carioca Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Boavista drew their last game, also a home match. Fluminense (placed 1st) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Before that, Boavista had a home game versus Bangu which ended with a victory 4-1.

Boavista has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Boavista have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fluminense form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Fluminense playing as the away team in the Carioca Serie A this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Fluminense as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

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. Fluminense goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 608 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Fluminense has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Boavista for a 0-0 draw.

Fluminense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Boavista - Fluminense 0-0. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Boavista, one draw and six wins for Fluminense. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Boavista missing players

Fluminense missing players

Boavista Fluminense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 0 5 11
3 2 0 Won W 0 4 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
13 7 1 Scored S 0 7 16
16 4 1 Conceded C 0 0 2
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 91%
82% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 20% 36%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 9%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 9%
18% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 82%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
4.3 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.2 7.1
5.6 5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.6 4.1
3 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.5 6.6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.8 13.5
3.2 2.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.5
37% 54% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 27%
 
11.7 11.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5.8 6.3
4.4 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.4 2.4
Key stats in Carioca Serie A this season:
  • Boavista have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
  • Fluminense have not yet lost a game away.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the most clean sheets (5) away in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the most clean sheets (9) in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the most points (13) away in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the the best goal difference (+14) in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Carioca Serie A
  • Fluminense 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 Fluminense 11 9 1 1 16 2 6 5 0 1 9 2 5 4 1 0 7 0 14 28
2 Flamengo 10 7 2 1 21 8 6 4 1 1 14 5 4 3 1 0 7 3 13 23
3 Botafogo 10 6 1 3 22 14 6 5 0 1 16 6 4 1 1 2 6 8 8 19
4 Vasco da Gama 10 6 1 3 16 11 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 19
5 Portuguesa RJ 11 3 3 5 11 12 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 0 1 4 2 6 -1 12
6 Resende 10 3 3 4 11 14 5 2 1 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 -3 12
7 Madureira 10 3 2 5 9 14 5 1 0 4 4 9 5 2 2 1 5 5 -5 11
8 Nova Iguacu 10 3 2 5 8 15 4 2 1 1 3 2 6 1 1 4 5 13 -7 11
9 Audax Rio 10 3 1 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 3 3 6 2 0 4 4 9 -5 10
10 Boavista 11 3 4 4 13 16 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 6 12 -3 9
11 Bangu 10 2 3 5 5 11 4 1 3 0 3 1 6 1 0 5 2 10 -6 9
12 Volta Redonda 11 1 3 7 11 21 6 1 1 4 9 10 5 0 2 3 2 11 -10 6

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