Serie A: Top-notch versus below par, at least based on the league table. Bragantino - Vasco da Gama. Home win or a shock result?
- Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vasco da Gama have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
Bragantino have less rest than Vasco da Gama in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Vasco da Gama have had more rest.
Bragantino form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid as Bragantino have scored 14 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Bragantino.
The Bragantino goalkeeper Cleiton Schwengber is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
The home fans saw a 3-3 draw against América Mineiro in the Copa Sudamericana last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Coritiba with a 1-0 scoreline.It should be considered that a look at the 12 latest league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
A decent goal production from Bragantino in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Bragantino have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vasco da Gama so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Vasco da Gama as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Coritiba match.
Vegetti scored in Vasco's previous match, the home game against Gremio that ended 1-0. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone four league rounds without victory. Vegetti came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gremio last time out, making the manager Díaz feel like a tactical genius. Piton, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Piton hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
A 1-3 defeat away at Corinthians before that.Vasco da Gama have the goal stats of 8-16 (for/against) from 8 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bragantino one win, six draws and Vasco da Gama three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Borbas 5 goals |   G. Fortes Chaves 3 goals |
Bragantino missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Bragantino | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 26 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 65% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 17% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 39% | 22% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 47% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 41% |
| 6.8 | 7.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.6 | 19.9 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.9 | 13.8 |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 20% |
| 11.4 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 16.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.2 |
- All of Vasco da Gama's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bragantino have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vasco da Gama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vasco da Gama have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vasco da Gama have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
- Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Gremio | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goiás | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
