It's game day two of the Carioca Serie A season and important points to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Vasco da Gama-Boavista!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
The previous season, Vasco da Gama's league stats were 10 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, leading to 17th position in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 56. Appearing as the host team in the last season Vasco da Gama produced 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 21 conceded.
A strong away win for Vasco da Gama against Volta Redonda the last match, as Nenê, Raniel, Juninho and Pec were on target.
Preceding that match was a Club Friendlies 3 defeat to Audax Rio (0-2).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Vasco da Gama, as the Carioca Serie A home game vs Nova Iguaçu is only four days away.
Boavista form and stats
Let's have a look at how Boavista performed last season in the Serie D: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 11 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 0 and lost 3 with 7/7 goals scored/conceded.
Boavista's last game was the home draw against Botafogo (1-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Boavista manager Moraes as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Flamengo.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Vasco da Gama won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Boavista have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  Juninho 1 goals |  A. de Carvalho 1 goals | G. Fortes Chaves 1 goals |
Vasco da Gama missing players
Boavista missing players
| Vasco da Gama | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Vasco da Gama | Last season | Boavista | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 43% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Bangu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Madureira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Boavista | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Audax Rio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Nova Iguaçu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Portuguesa RJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Resende | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Volta Redonda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 |
