Vasco da Gama manager Mannarino looking for three points in Vila Nova showdown

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (25000 seats)

It's a clean slate in Serie B - the first fixture of the season. Read this full preview and see how Vasco da Gama and Vila Nova did in their pre-season friendlies!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Vasco as they were promoted from Carioca 1 last season. Happy days that were secured through 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from eleven games. The team scored 10 goals at home last season and conceded 4. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Vasco, who have participated in one training match. Vasco da Gama have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Vila Nova form and stats

Let's have a look at how Vila Nova performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 15 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 22/25 goals scored/conceded.

Vila Nova are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Vila Nova are hosting Novorizontino in the Serie B only four days away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the last nine meetings): Vasco da Gama won six games, one match ended with a draw and Vila Nova have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three

Vasco da Gama missing players

Vila Nova missing players

Vasco da Gama Vila Nova
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Vasco da Gama Last season Vila Nova
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
13 7   Played P   19 38
7 4   Won W   6 12
1 1   Drew D   5 15
5 2   Lost L   8 11
19 10   Scored S   22 35
13 5   Conceded C   25 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 82%
62% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 50%
38% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 32%
23% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
15% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 8%
38% 29%   BTTS BTTS   58% 42%
31% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 34%
31% 29%   Failed to Score F T   32% 42%
 
5.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.9
7.7 7.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.2
3.2 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.9 13   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 11.8
4.5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.7
33% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 25%
 
11.5 11   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11.5
4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bahia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brusque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chapecoense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Criciuma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cruzeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gremio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Guarani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ituano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Londrina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nautico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Novorizontino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Operario PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ponte Preta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sampaio Correa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sport Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tombense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vasco da Gama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Vila Nova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 9 1 1 16 2 6 5 0 1 9 2 5 4 1 0 7 0 14 28
2 Flamengo 11 8 2 1 27 8 6 4 1 1 14 5 5 4 1 0 13 3 19 26
3 Vasco da Gama 11 7 1 3 19 11 6 4 1 1 10 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 8 22
4 Botafogo 11 6 2 3 24 16 6 5 0 1 16 6 5 1 2 2 8 10 8 20
5 Nova Iguacu 11 4 2 5 11 15 5 3 1 1 6 2 6 1 1 4 5 13 -4 14
6 Portuguesa RJ 11 3 3 5 11 12 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 0 1 4 2 6 -1 12
7 Resende 11 3 3 5 11 17 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 5 9 -6 12
8 Audax Rio 11 3 2 6 9 14 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 4 9 -5 11
9 Madureira 11 3 2 6 9 17 5 1 0 4 4 9 6 2 2 2 5 8 -8 11
10 Boavista 11 3 4 4 13 16 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 6 12 -3 9
11 Bangu 11 2 3 6 5 17 5 1 3 1 3 7 6 1 0 5 2 10 -12 9
12 Volta Redonda 11 1 3 7 11 21 6 1 1 4 9 10 5 0 2 3 2 11 -10 6
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 Botafogo 38 20 10 8 56 31 19 15 2 2 39 13 19 5 8 6 17 18 25 70
2 Goias 38 17 14 7 48 31 19 10 7 2 30 16 19 7 7 5 18 15 17 65
3 Coritiba 38 18 10 10 49 35 19 11 5 3 29 14 19 7 5 7 20 21 14 64
4 Avai 38 18 10 10 44 35 19 10 6 3 24 14 19 8 4 7 20 21 9 64
5 CSA 38 18 8 12 48 33 19 9 6 4 28 15 19 9 2 8 20 18 15 62
6 Guarani 38 16 12 10 54 41 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 6 8 5 26 24 13 60
7 CRB 38 16 12 10 47 39 19 8 9 2 26 17 19 8 3 8 21 22 8 60
8 Nautico 38 14 11 13 50 50 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 6 5 8 20 25 0 53
9 Vila Nova 38 12 15 11 35 36 19 6 10 3 13 11 19 6 5 8 22 25 -1 51
10 Vasco da Gama 38 13 10 15 43 52 19 9 4 6 25 24 19 4 6 9 18 28 -9 49
11 Ponte Preta 38 12 13 13 39 40 19 9 7 3 26 17 19 3 6 10 13 23 -1 49
12 Operario PR 38 13 9 16 35 46 19 9 4 6 22 21 19 4 5 10 13 25 -11 48
13 Cruzeiro 38 10 18 10 42 44 19 5 10 4 24 24 19 5 8 6 18 20 -2 48
14 Sampaio Correa 38 12 11 15 41 42 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 3 6 10 16 26 -1 47
15 Brusque 38 13 9 16 44 56 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 4 4 11 19 40 -12 45
16 Londrina 38 11 11 16 31 41 19 6 5 8 17 19 19 5 6 8 14 22 -10 44
17 Remo 38 11 10 17 31 42 19 7 4 8 11 13 19 4 6 9 20 29 -11 43
18 Vitoria 38 8 16 14 31 32 19 5 7 7 18 14 19 3 9 7 13 18 -1 40
19 Confianca 38 9 10 19 35 48 19 6 3 10 20 25 19 3 7 9 15 23 -13 37
20 Brasil de Pelotas 38 4 11 23 23 52 19 4 6 9 14 21 19 0 5 14 9 31 -29 23

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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.