It's square one in Carioca U20 - the first fixture of the season. Read this full preview and see how Nova Iguaçu U20 and Fluminense U20 did in their pre-season training matches!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nova Iguaçu U20 form and stats
The previous season, Nova Iguaçu U20's league stats were 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, leading to 7th position in the Carioca U20. Over these eleven matches they scored {14 goals} and conceded 17. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Nova Iguaçu U20 managed 2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with {8 goals} and 8 conceded.
Fluminense U20 form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Fluminense U20 as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 8 victories from 19 games, relegation was a fact. Fluminense U20's manager are hoping to lead the team right back to Brasileiro U20 at the first attempt.
Fluminense have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Brasileiro U20 match versus Flamengo RJ U20. A hard diary for the guests!
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings with these squads: Nova Iguaçu U20 won two, Fluminense U20 were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Nova Iguaçu U20 missing players
Fluminense U20 missing players
| Nova Iguaçu U20 | Fluminense U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nova Iguaçu U20 | Last season | Fluminense U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 18% | ||
| 27% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 47% | ||
| 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 53% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 6.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 31% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 45% | ||
| 12.9 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 RJ U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Volta Redonda U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | Madureira U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Resende U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Bangu U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 7 | Audax Rio U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Boavista U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| 9 | Fluminense U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Botafogo U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Nova Iguaçu U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Vasco U20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Fluminense U20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda U20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Botafogo U20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Madureira U20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Nova Iguaçu U20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Bangu U20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Boavista U20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | Audax Rio U20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 6 |
| 12 | Resende U20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -20 | 5 |