CFRJ / Marica vs Volta Redonda preview: Copa Rio Round of 16 leg 1 of 2

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Competition: Brazil Copa Rio
Competition: Thu 01.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Alziro de Almeida (800 seats)

The league table is allowed to rest as CFRJ / Marica and Volta Redonda battle for Copa Rio honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.

The visiting Volta Redonda played their last game only three days ago, a Serie C match.

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CFRJ / Marica form and stats

CFRJ / Marica's previous fixture was a Copa Rio game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-0 vs Ceres. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that one, a nice away win at Ceres. A Copa Rio match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Marica have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 0.

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Volta Redonda form and stats

Volta Redonda was sent out of Copa Rio in the 8th finals last season, when Sampaio Correa RJ turned out to be too strong.

Redonda won their last game, 1-0 versus Aparecidense played at home.

Before that, Volta Redonda secured a home win against Olaria with the score 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Volta Redonda playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 0 Redonda wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mirassol in just three days.

Head 2 Head

CFRJ / Marica missing players

Volta Redonda missing players

CFRJ / Marica Volta Redonda
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
8 3   Won W   5 15
8 4   Drew D   3 4
9 5   Lost L   5 6
30 14   Scored S   16 44
27 15   Conceded C   17 27
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 64%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
56% 67%   BTTS BTTS   77% 64%
28% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 28%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
4.3 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.7
4.2 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.4
2.8 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.8
3 3   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.4 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.2
3.8 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.7
38% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 39%
 
9.1 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 8.2
3.4 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 2.5