Game week two of the Serie A season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Vasco da Gama - São Paulo preview:
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.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
Vasco da Gama have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 3 matches. Vasco da Gama are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Vasco da Gama's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Sport Recife (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Vasco won a home game hosting Madureira (1-0).
There will be little rest for Vasco after this match as they are travelling to Ceará for a Serie A game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vasco da Gama at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Vasco da Gama's league statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 3rd position in the Carioca 1. Over these five matches they scored 5 goals and conceded 4. Playing at home last season Vasco da Gama managed 2-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 4 goals and 3 conceded.
São Paulo form and stats
Paulo go into this game after a win, the home game against Fortaleza that ended 1-0. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Mirassol.
After this away game Paulo return home for a Serie A game against Bahia. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Let's have a look at how São Paulo performed last season in the Paulista A1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 11 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 10/5 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vasco won two games, three matches ended with a draw and São Paulo has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  F. Ignez Bastos 2 goals |   D. Alves da Silva 1 goals |
Vasco da Gama missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Vasco da Gama | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 29% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Vasco da Gama | Last season | São Paulo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | ||
| 82% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | ||
| 18% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | ||
| 18% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | ||
| 27% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | ||
| 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 7.2 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 132 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 247 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 99 | ||
| 17% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 21% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Internacional | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlético GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ceará | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Goiás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Volta Redonda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Madureira | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Resende | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 6 | Macae | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 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 | São Paulo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 14 |