It's game two of the Carioca U20 season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Nova Iguaçu U20-Flamengo RJ U20!
Nova Iguaçu U20 form and stats
Iguaçu enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Macaé U20's place. The match ended 4-0. Previous to that game, a Sao Paolo Youth Cup home match hosting Linhares U20 in a game that was won 5-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Nova Iguaçu U20 played a great game against Macaé U20 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Iguaçu are traveling soon after this match as the Carioca U20 match at Americano U20 awaits in three days.
Last season, Nova Iguaçu U20's league statistics were 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 3rd position in the Carioca U20. Over these eight matches they scored 13 goals and conceded 9. Playing at home last season Nova Iguaçu U20 managed 1-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 4 conceded.
Flamengo RJ U20 form and stats
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Flamengo, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A quick return to home after this game, as Flamengo are hosting Fluminense U20 in the Carioca U20 only three days away.
Let's have a look at how Flamengo RJ U20 performed last season in the Brasileiro U20: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 15/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Iguaçu zero wins, one draw and Flamengo RJ U20 one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Nova Iguaçu U20 missing players
Flamengo RJ U20 missing players
| Nova Iguaçu U20 | Flamengo RJ U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Nova Iguaçu U20 | Last season | Flamengo RJ U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 7 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 43 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 59% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 41% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 53% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 18% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 174 | 62 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 233 | ||
| 66 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 110 | ||
| 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nova Iguaçu U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Vasco U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Fluminense U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bangu U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Resende U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Botafogo U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Volta Redonda U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cabofriense U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Madureira U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Americano U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | América RJ U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Friburguense U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Boavista U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Macaé U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Fluminense U20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Vasco U20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Nova Iguaçu U20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda U20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Americano U20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 6 | Macaé U20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | -21 | 6 |
| 7 | Bangu U20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 3 |