Only a few games have been played in the Carioca U20 so far, with Portuguesa RJ U20 placed 7th and Vasco U20 sitting in the 6th position.
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.
Portuguesa RJ U20 form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Portuguesa RJ U20's two home games in the Carioca U20 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro.
The fans are hoping that Portuguesa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-7 away loss in the Carioca U20 game against Nova Iguacu U20 (placed 1st). Prior to that, an away loss at Resende U20.
Portuguesa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There will be little rest for Portuguesa RJ U20 after this match as they are travelling to Volta Redonda U20 for a Carioca U20 game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Portuguesa RJ U20's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Vasco U20 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Carioca U20 for Vasco U20, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Carioca U20, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. Vasco has drawn their two previous away games.
Vasco U20 are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Atletico-PR U20. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Friburguense U20.
Drawing 3-3 against Atletico-PR U20 after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Vasco, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only one day as another away game awaits: The Brasileiro U20 trip to Bahia U20.
It's early days yet, but Vasco U20 has scored 1 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Portuguesa RJ U20 missing players
Vasco U20 missing players
| Portuguesa RJ U20 | Vasco U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 42 |
| 33 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 94% |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 88% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 69% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 44% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 71% | 50% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 | 59 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 43 | 134 |
| 49 | 22 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 23 | 66 |
| 29% | 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 56% |
- Portuguesa RJ U20 has the fewest scored goals (2) in Carioca U20
- Portuguesa RJ U20 has the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Carioca U20
- Portuguesa RJ U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vasco U20 has the most clean sheets (5) away in Carioca U20
- Vasco U20 has the most clean sheets (8) in Carioca U20
- Vasco U20 has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Carioca U20
- Vasco U20 has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Carioca U20
- Vasco U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vasco U20 have scored more than double the goals of Portuguesa RJ U20.
| 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 Iguacu U20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Resende U20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda U20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Fluminense U20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Madureira U20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Vasco U20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | -13 | 4 |
| 8 | Friburguense U20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -13 | 1 |