Early betting lines suggest Vasco da Gama superiority against Nova Iguaçu

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Competition: Brazil Carioca Serie A
Competition: Thu 03.February
Match begins: 00:35 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (25000 seats)

Nova Iguaçu have journeyed here for an entertaining duel against the hosting Vasco da Gama. Get ready for the match with this thorough Carioca Serie A preview!

It's no vacation for neither Vasco nor Nova Iguaçu 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.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

A Carioca Serie A draw at home so far for Vasco da Gama. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches. Two draws in a row at home now for Vasco da Gama.

Vasco da Gama drew their last game, also a home match. Boavista (placed 9th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Volta Redonda and winning 4-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vasco da Gama as they are travelling to their away game against Madureira in the Carioca Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vasco da Gama at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Nova Iguaçu form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Carioca Serie A for Nova Iguaçu with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The attacking players of Nova Iguaçu have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 365 minutes.

Nova Iguaçu play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Resende (placed 7th).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Audax Rio.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nova Iguaçu has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Vasco da Gama victories, two draws and two Nova Iguaçu wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vasco da GamaR. Santana de Vasconcelos
R. Santana de Vasconcelos
2 goals
Vasco da GamaJuninho
Juninho
1 goals
Vasco da GamaA. de Carvalho
A. de Carvalho
1 goals

Vasco da Gama missing players

Nova Iguaçu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vasco da Gama Nova Iguaçu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 2 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 1 1 Scored S 0 0 0
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
6 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.5
7 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
3.5 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.5 7.5
6 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
42% 17% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
10 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 6
5.5 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.5
Vasco da Gama Last season Nova Iguaçu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   12 23
13 9   Won W   6 11
10 4   Drew D   2 6
15 6   Lost L   4 6
43 25   Scored S   16 28
52 24   Conceded C   13 21
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 87%
79% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 48%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 39%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 26%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 9%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   58% 48%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 39%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   25% 26%
 
5.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.2
5.2 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.3
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
6 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.1 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.8
4.4 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 3.7
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%
 
12.3 12.7   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 8.9
4.3 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.3

  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 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 4
2 Botafogo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
3 Flamengo 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Portuguesa RJ 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
5 Fluminense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
6 Madureira 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Resende 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Bangu 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3
9 Boavista 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Audax Rio 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
11 Nova Iguaçu 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
12 Volta Redonda 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Botafogo 38 20 10 8 56 31 19 15 2 2 39 13 19 5 8 6 17 18 25 70
2 Goias 38 17 14 7 48 31 19 10 7 2 30 16 19 7 7 5 18 15 17 65
3 Coritiba 38 18 10 10 49 35 19 11 5 3 29 14 19 7 5 7 20 21 14 64
4 Avai 38 18 10 10 44 35 19 10 6 3 24 14 19 8 4 7 20 21 9 64
5 CSA 38 18 8 12 48 33 19 9 6 4 28 15 19 9 2 8 20 18 15 62
6 Guarani 38 16 12 10 54 41 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 6 8 5 26 24 13 60
7 CRB 38 16 12 10 47 39 19 8 9 2 26 17 19 8 3 8 21 22 8 60
8 Nautico 38 14 11 13 50 50 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 6 5 8 20 25 0 53
9 Vila Nova 38 12 15 11 35 36 19 6 10 3 13 11 19 6 5 8 22 25 -1 51
10 Vasco da Gama 38 13 10 15 43 52 19 9 4 6 25 24 19 4 6 9 18 28 -9 49
11 Ponte Preta 38 12 13 13 39 40 19 9 7 3 26 17 19 3 6 10 13 23 -1 49
12 Operario PR 38 13 9 16 35 46 19 9 4 6 22 21 19 4 5 10 13 25 -11 48
13 Cruzeiro 38 10 18 10 42 44 19 5 10 4 24 24 19 5 8 6 18 20 -2 48
14 Sampaio Corrêa 38 12 11 15 41 42 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 3 6 10 16 26 -1 47
15 Brusque 38 13 9 16 44 56 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 4 4 11 19 40 -12 45
16 Londrina 38 11 11 16 31 41 19 6 5 8 17 19 19 5 6 8 14 22 -10 44
17 Remo 38 11 10 17 31 42 19 7 4 8 11 13 19 4 6 9 20 29 -11 43
18 Vitória 38 8 16 14 31 32 19 5 7 7 18 14 19 3 9 7 13 18 -1 40
19 Confianca 38 9 10 19 35 48 19 6 3 10 20 25 19 3 7 9 15 23 -13 37
20 Brasil de Pelotas 38 4 11 23 23 52 19 4 6 9 14 21 19 0 5 14 9 31 -29 23
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 Iguaçu 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

Vasco da Gama:
Table
  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 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 4
2 Botafogo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
3 Flamengo 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Portuguesa RJ 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
5 Fluminense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
6 Madureira 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Resende 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Bangu 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3
9 Boavista 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Audax Rio 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
11 Nova Iguaçu 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
12 Volta Redonda 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1

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