Vasco da Gama clashes with Palmeiras in Serie A match

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (78838 seats)

League round two of the Serie A season and the participants have taken their learnings from the first fixture. Here's our Vasco da Gama - Palmeiras guide:

The visiting Palmeiras played their last game only three days ago, a Copa Libertadores match.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

The season before, Vasco da Gama's league statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the Carioca 1. In these eleven matches they scored {20 goals} and let in 6. Appearing as the home team in the former season Vasco da Gama managed 4-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 3 conceded.

Vasco da Gama are returning here after visiting Atlético Mineiro and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Santos and Pec scored the goal(s). Jardim loved the game against Atlético Mineiro. With a stunning nine saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. Pec, an attacker, was the top performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 8.84 (out of 10). Pec scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a Carioca 1 defeat to Flamengo (1-3).

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Palmeiras form and stats

Let's have a look at how Palmeiras performed last season in the Paulista A1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded {5 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 9/3 goals scored/conceded.

The fans enjoyed Palmeiras's previous game versus Cerro Porteno, a Copa Libertadores win (2-1) played at home. Gómez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.2. The defender Gómez scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Cuiaba in the Serie A.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Palmeiras manager Ferreira as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Tombense.

Head 2 Head

Palmeiras have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (5-3-0) when playing Vasco da Gama.

Top Goalscorers

Vasco da GamaG. Fortes Chaves
G. Fortes Chaves
1 goals
Vasco da GamaA. Nascimento dos Santos
A. Nascimento dos Santos
1 goals
PalmeirasE. Moreira de Sousa
E. Moreira de Sousa
1 goals

Vasco da Gama missing players

Palmeiras missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vasco da Gama Palmeiras
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
14 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 17
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
26 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
10 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Vasco da Gama Last season Palmeiras
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
13 7   Played P   7 16
7 4   Won W   4 11
2 1   Drew D   2 4
4 2   Lost L   1 1
23 15   Scored S   10 25
12 6   Conceded C   5 7
92% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 81%
85% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 56%
38% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 38%
31% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 25%
23% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
38% 43%   BTTS BTTS   43% 31%
54% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 69%
15% 14%   Failed to Score F T   14% 19%
 
6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 7.1
3.9 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.7
2.7 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.9 16.3   Shots (avg) S (   15.4 15.9
5.8 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.4 7.4
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 21%
 
11.5 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 11.4
4.3 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Fluminense 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Atletico PR 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Corinthians 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Bragantino 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Botafogo 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Vasco da Gama 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Palmeiras 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Gremio 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Internacional 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Fortaleza 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Atlético Mineiro 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Bahia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Cruzeiro 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Sao Paulo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cuiaba 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Santos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Goiás 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Coritiba 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 America Mineiro 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fluminense 11 8 1 2 20 4 6 4 1 1 10 2 5 4 0 1 10 2 16 25
2 Vasco da Gama 11 7 2 2 20 6 6 4 1 1 14 3 5 3 1 1 6 3 14 23
3 Flamengo 11 7 2 2 19 6 6 4 0 2 12 4 5 3 2 0 7 2 13 23
4 Volta Redonda 11 6 2 3 27 15 5 3 0 2 11 8 6 3 2 1 16 7 12 20
5 Botafogo 11 6 1 4 13 6 6 2 1 3 4 3 5 4 0 1 9 3 7 19
6 Audax Rio 11 4 4 3 14 13 5 2 3 0 8 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 16
7 Nova Iguacu 11 3 4 4 8 11 6 3 2 1 7 3 5 0 2 3 1 8 -3 13
8 Portuguesa RJ 11 3 4 4 9 14 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 3 2 4 9 -5 13
9 Bangu 11 3 3 5 6 17 5 2 1 2 3 10 6 1 2 3 3 7 -11 12
10 Madureira 11 2 3 6 5 18 5 1 2 2 2 8 6 1 1 4 3 10 -13 9
11 Boavista 11 1 3 7 11 23 5 1 2 2 6 11 6 0 1 5 5 12 -12 6
12 Resende 11 1 1 9 3 22 6 1 1 4 2 9 5 0 0 5 1 13 -19 4

Vasco da Gama:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Fluminense 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Atletico PR 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Corinthians 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Bragantino 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Botafogo 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Vasco da Gama 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Palmeiras 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Gremio 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Internacional 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Fortaleza 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Atlético Mineiro 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Bahia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Cruzeiro 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Sao Paulo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cuiaba 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Santos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Goiás 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Coritiba 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 America Mineiro 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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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.