Vasco da Gama favourites for feisty fight facing Santos

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nivaldo Pereira (21880 seats)

Let's look at this intriguing match in the Serie A. Vasco da Gama is in the 13th position after featuring in five games. They welcome Santos who are placed 8th after five fixtures.

Insights:
  • Vasco da Gama have yet to win a game at home.
  • Santos have lost all their away matches so far.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

Vasco da Gama have played 2 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Vasco da Gama shared the glory with Coritiba in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Marcus was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Coritiba after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Rodríguez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Rodríguez hit one key pass and won 12 of 17 duels.

1-1 away at Fluminense before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vasco da Gama handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.

At Estádio Nivaldo Pereira, Vasco da Gama has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Santos form and stats

No Serie A points yet away for Santos, from their first 2 matches.

The regulars enjoyed Santos's previous game versus Bahia (placed 15th), a 3-0 win played at home. Lima got a match rating of 7.9 in that game, top player of the team. Lima served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 60 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cruzeiro wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Santos, the Copa do Brasil home match versus Bahia. Busy days.

Santos have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Vasco, three draws and four wins for Santos. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Vasco da GamaG. Fortes Chaves
G. Fortes Chaves
2 goals
Vasco da GamaP. Garay da Silva
P. Garay da Silva
2 goals
Santos?. Borges Damaceno
?. Borges Damaceno
2 goals

Vasco da Gama missing players

Santos missing players

Vasco da Gama Santos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
6 2 0 Scored S 0 1 7
6 3 0 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
80% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 40%
 
3.6 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 11 7.5 5.4
7.8 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.8
2.8 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.5 13
3.2 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 5
38% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 28%
 
17 12.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.5 15.6
7.6 6.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Santos have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Santos have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Vasco da Gama have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Vasco da Gama have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Vasco da Gama have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vasco da Gama have yet to win a game at home.
  • Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Vasco da Gama Last season Santos
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
13 7   Played P   6 12
7 4   Won W   0 3
2 1   Drew D   2 5
4 2   Lost L   4 4
23 15   Scored S   4 14
12 6   Conceded C   13 17
92% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
85% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 83%
38% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 50%
31% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
23% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
38% 43%   BTTS BTTS   67% 58%
54% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 25%
15% 14%   Failed to Score F T   33% 25%
 
6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 5.2
3.9 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.7
2.7 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
14.9 16.3   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 11.3
5.8 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 3.3
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 35%
 
11.5 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 10.7
4.3 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.1

  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 5 5 0 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 8 15
2 Palmeiras 5 4 1 0 15 5 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 7 2 10 13
3 Fluminense 5 3 1 1 10 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 7 4 5 10
4 Fortaleza 5 2 3 0 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 9
5 Athletico PR 5 3 0 2 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 9
6 Cruzeiro 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 9
7 São Paulo 5 2 2 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 8
8 Santos 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 7
9 Atletico Mineiro 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 7
10 Grêmio 5 2 1 2 7 9 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 7
11 Internacional 5 2 1 2 4 6 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 7
12 Flamengo 5 2 0 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 6
13 Vasco da Gama 5 1 3 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 0 6
14 Bragantino 5 1 3 1 8 10 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 -2 6
15 Bahia 5 2 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 6
16 Corinthians 5 1 1 3 5 10 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 2 8 -5 4
17 Cuiaba 5 1 1 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 -5 4
18 Goiás 5 1 0 4 3 11 2 1 0 1 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 5 -8 3
19 Coritiba 5 0 2 3 3 11 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 6 -8 2
20 America Mineiro 5 0 1 4 5 13 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 1 2 4 8 -8 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.