Serie A information and preview: São Paulo modest expected to outplay Vasco da Gama

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

The lights are on for Serie A and São Paulo - Vasco da Gama. In this preview you'll get numbers, results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • São Paulo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Serie A
  • Vasco da Gama have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Serie A

These are hustling days for the host team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa do Brasil. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sport Recife.

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São Paulo form and stats

As mentioned below, São Paulo are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Serie A games.

São Paulo are returning here after guesting Sport Recife in a Copa do Brasil fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Midfielder Rato was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Rato hit two key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).

1-1 away at Corinthians before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does São Paulo handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Paulo are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Sudamericana match at Academia Puerto Cabello awaits in three days.

At Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, São Paulo has the goal stats of 5-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

Vasco da Gama are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Vasco da Gama might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Santos proved too strong as Vasco da Gama slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. Attacker Raul got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Raul hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Coritiba that ended 1-1.

Vasco are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The visiting Vasco da Gama have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games.

Head 2 Head

São Paulo-Vasco da Gama H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: São Paulo five wins, Vasco da Gama three wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
2 goals
PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
2 goals
São PauloM. Costa do Nascimento
M. Costa do Nascimento
2 goals

São Paulo missing players

Vasco da Gama missing players

São Paulo Vasco da Gama
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 2 1 Won W 1 1 1
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
8 5 3 Scored S 2 4 6
4 0 0 Conceded C 1 3 7
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.7 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 5.3
5.8 8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 14 9.3 6.7
3.3 4 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 12 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8 12.3
4.7 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 4.2
29% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 57% 24%
 
15 19 22 Shots against (avg) S A 26 20 15.2
4.5 6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 8.3 6.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of São Paulo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Vasco da Gama's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • São Paulo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • São Paulo have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Serie A
  • São Paulo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Serie A
  • São Paulo have won all their matches at home so far.
  • São Paulo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Vasco da Gama have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Vasco da Gama have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Vasco da Gama have not yet lost a game away.
  • Vasco da Gama have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Vasco da Gama have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Serie A
  • Vasco da Gama have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 6 5 0 1 13 6 3 3 0 0 7 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 7 15
2 Palmeiras 6 4 2 0 16 6 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 7 2 10 14
3 Fluminense 6 4 1 1 12 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 7 4 7 13
4 Cruzeiro 6 4 0 2 11 5 3 2 0 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 8 2 6 12
5 Atletico PR 6 4 0 2 10 7 3 3 0 0 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 12
6 Fortaleza 6 2 4 0 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 5 10
7 Atletico Mineiro 6 3 1 2 9 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 10
8 Santos 6 3 1 2 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 10
9 São Paulo 6 2 3 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 3 1 3 4 4 9
10 Flamengo 6 3 0 3 12 9 3 2 0 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 9
11 Gremio 6 2 2 2 7 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 8
12 Bragantino 6 1 4 1 9 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 -2 7
13 Internacional 6 2 1 3 4 8 3 2 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 7
14 Vasco da Gama 6 1 3 2 6 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 -1 6
15 Bahia 6 2 0 4 8 11 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 6
16 Goiás 6 2 0 4 5 12 3 2 0 1 5 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 -7 6
17 Corinthians 6 1 2 3 6 11 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 0 0 3 2 8 -5 5
18 Cuiaba 6 1 1 4 5 12 3 0 1 2 2 7 3 1 0 2 3 5 -7 4
19 Coritiba 6 0 2 4 5 14 3 0 2 1 2 5 3 0 0 3 3 9 -9 2
20 America Mineiro 6 0 1 5 5 17 3 0 0 3 1 9 3 0 1 2 4 8 -12 1

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.