Americano get ready to welcome Nova Iguaçu for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa Rio Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
This should be an exciting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Americano form and stats
Last season their Copa Rio adventure ended in the semi-finals against Perolas Negras.Americano's previous fixture was a Copa Rio game also played at home, finishing 2-1 vs CEAC / Araruama. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
In the match before that, Americano hosted Olaria and drew the Carioca A2 game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Americano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Americano as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Americano has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Nova Iguaçu form and stats
Nova Iguaçu's mission in Copa Rio last season failed in the 1st round against Artsul.Iguaçu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cianorte.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Santo Andre in the Serie D.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nova Iguaçu playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Nova Iguaçu wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Americano victories, one draw and four Nova Iguaçu wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. da Costa Rodrigues 1 goals | J. da Conceição Alves 1 goals |
Americano missing players
Nova Iguaçu missing players
| Americano | Nova Iguaçu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.3 | ||
