Portuguesa RJ battle against Bangu for honour and victory.
It's no vacation for neither Portuguesa nor Bangu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Portuguesa RJ form and stats
The hosts won their first Carioca Serie A game here at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Portuguesa RJ last season were 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 5 games.
The Portuguesa RJ manager Grippe and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Resende (placed 7th).
Before that, Portuguesa had a home game versus Audax Rio which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Portuguesa RJ have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost one.
Portuguesa RJ are traveling soon after this match as the Carioca Serie A match at Vasco da Gama awaits in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Portuguesa RJ at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Bangu form and stats
Things could have gone better for Bangu in their Carioca Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
There were no winners in Bangu's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Volta Redonda (placed 10th).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Botafogo's place.Bangu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Madureira in just three days.
Bangu have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Portuguesa RJ victories, three draws and four Bangu wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Portuguesa RJ missing players
Bangu missing players
| Portuguesa RJ | Bangu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 2.7 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 3.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 13.3 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 10.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Portuguesa RJ | Last season | Bangu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | ||
| 46% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 12% | 25% | ||
| 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | ||
| 38% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 12% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 25% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | Botafogo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Boavista | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 6 | Portuguesa RJ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Resende | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Bangu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Madureira | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Volta Redonda | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | Nova Iguacu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Audax Rio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Nova Iguacu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 12 | Macae | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -23 | 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 | Portuguesa | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Santo Andre | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Cianorte | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Bangu | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 5 | Inter de Limeira | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 19 |
| 6 | Boavista | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Sao Bento | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Madureira | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
