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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this match if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Vasco da Gama fans are optimistic that the gulf between 4th and Novorizontino's 16th place in the table will show on the arena.

Insights:
  • Vasco da Gama have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Novorizontino have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Serie B

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither Vasco nor Novorizontino as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Vasco da Gama have scored 28 goals to get 39 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 11-6-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The Vasco da Gama fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Novorizontino and win 3-0. Matos was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Matos scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 0 of 3 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Operario PR.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this club has contained at least three goals.

A decent goal production from Vasco da Gama in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 17 league matches. Vasco have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {6 goals}.

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Novorizontino form and stats

Novorizontino have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-4-11 (17 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Two away games in a row for Novorizontino, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Vasco da Gama. Defender Lepu was the best team player with a rating of 6.63. Lepu hit one key pass and won 9 of 16 duels.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bahia.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Novorizontino's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Vasco da Gama and Novorizontino have played each other previously this season: Vasco da Gama - Novorizontino 3-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Vasco wins - draws - Novorizontino wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vasco da GamaR. Santana de Vasconcelos
R. Santana de Vasconcelos
8 goals
NovorizontinoR. Silva
R. Silva
8 goals
Vasco da GamaA. Nascimento dos Santos
A. Nascimento dos Santos
7 goals

Vasco da Gama missing players

Novorizontino missing players

Vasco da Gama Novorizontino
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
15 11 4 Won W 1 2 9
10 6 2 Drew D 0 4 10
9 0 0 Lost L 4 11 15
42 28 11 Scored S 3 11 32
31 6 2 Conceded C 7 26 43
85% 82% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
62% 59% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 74%
38% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 41%
21% 18% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 15%
9% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 35% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 53%
44% 65% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 24%
29% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 41% 32%
 
5 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.8 5.3
4.9 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 4.7
2.7 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.6
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
11.1 12 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.7 14
3.8 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.9
32% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 24%
 
12.7 10.6 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 13.9 11.9
4.1 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.9 4.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Novorizontino have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Novorizontino have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Serie B
  • Novorizontino have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vasco da Gama have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Vasco da Gama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vasco da Gama have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Novorizontino have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruzeiro 33 21 9 3 49 18 17 14 3 0 29 5 16 7 6 3 20 13 31 72
2 Gremio 34 15 12 7 41 23 17 13 2 2 33 9 17 2 10 5 8 14 18 57
3 Bahia 34 16 8 10 38 25 17 12 3 2 27 9 17 4 5 8 11 16 13 56
4 Vasco da Gama 34 15 10 9 42 31 17 11 6 0 28 6 17 4 4 9 14 25 11 55
5 Ituano 34 13 12 9 39 30 17 9 6 2 22 9 17 4 6 7 17 21 9 51
6 Sampaio Correa 34 13 10 11 41 37 17 12 4 1 33 13 17 1 6 10 8 24 4 49
7 Sport Recife 33 13 10 10 27 26 16 11 4 1 20 5 17 2 6 9 7 21 1 49
8 Criciuma 34 12 13 9 36 28 17 9 5 3 21 9 17 3 8 6 15 19 8 49
9 Londrina 34 12 11 11 32 32 17 7 7 3 21 16 17 5 4 8 11 16 0 47
10 CRB 34 12 10 12 32 39 17 7 8 2 18 12 17 5 2 10 14 27 -7 46
11 Ponte Preta 33 11 10 12 32 32 16 8 5 3 17 9 17 3 5 9 14 23 0 43
12 Tombense 34 10 13 11 34 40 17 9 7 1 22 11 17 1 6 10 12 29 -6 43
13 Guarani 34 10 11 13 29 35 17 7 6 4 14 12 17 3 5 9 15 23 -6 41
14 Vila Nova 33 8 17 8 25 29 17 5 10 2 12 9 16 3 7 6 13 19 -4 41
15 Chapecoense 34 9 12 13 32 34 17 5 6 6 19 19 17 4 6 7 13 15 -2 39
16 Novorizontino 34 9 10 15 32 43 17 7 6 4 21 17 17 2 4 11 11 26 -11 37
17 CSA 34 7 15 12 24 33 17 6 8 3 18 13 17 1 7 9 6 20 -9 36
18 Operario PR 34 7 12 15 29 43 17 6 5 6 18 16 17 1 7 9 11 27 -14 33
19 Brusque 34 8 7 19 19 33 17 6 4 7 12 13 17 2 3 12 7 20 -14 31
20 Nautico 34 8 6 20 32 54 17 6 4 7 24 23 17 2 2 13 8 31 -22 30

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.