Bangu hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 6th position in the Serie D table. Visiting Portuguesa RJ holds 5th place with 16 pts.
Bangu and Portuguesa RJ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Bangu form and stats
Overall Serie D stats at home this season for Bangu are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Bangu are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Cabofriense. In the match before that, Bangu hosted Nacional PR and drew the game 0-0.
The defeat against Cabofriense was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by G. Coutinho).
Bangu has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Bangu have conceded 5 goals.
Portuguesa RJ form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Serie D, on their Serie D travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Portuguesa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Nacional PR (placed 7th). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Cabofriense.
As mentioned above, Portuguesa was the only team on the pitch versus Nacional PR in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Adriano certainly enjoyed Portuguesa's last game versus Nacional PR, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-0 victory.
Portuguesa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Portuguesa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Portuguesa RJ - Bangu 0-2, played this season. Last six meetings between the teams: Bangu won three, Portuguesa RJ won zero and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ferreira Martins 8 goals | M. Costa 2 goals |  L. Moreira Sampaio Justino 1 goals |
Bangu missing players
Portuguesa RJ missing players
| Bangu | Portuguesa RJ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 45% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 36% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | 55 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 43 | 116 |
| 34 | 18 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 15 | 44 |
| 35% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 40% | 39% |
- Bangu has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie D
- Portuguesa RJ has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Serie D
- Portuguesa RJ has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie D
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferroviária | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Cabofriense | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Mirassol | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 |
| 4 | Cascavel | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Bangu | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Nacional PR | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -24 | 5 |
| 8 | Toledo Brazil | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | -26 | 1 |