It's time for cup football and it's the Serie D Regular Season between Portuguesa RJ and Bangu. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Portuguesa and Bangu.
Portuguesa RJ form and stats
Portuguesa RJ participated in Serie D the last season, where they reached the regular season.Portuguesa have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
An away draw last time out for Portuguesa, facing Ferroviária in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Toledo Brazil.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie D game versus Nacional PR in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro.
Bangu form and stats
Bangu's mission in Serie D last season failed in the regular season.Bangu won their last game, 2-0 versus Cascavel played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mirassol.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cabofriense in just three days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Portuguesa zero wins, three draws and Bangu two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ferreira Martins 2 goals | E. Costa Alves Junior 1 goals |
Portuguesa RJ missing players
Bangu missing players
| Portuguesa RJ | Bangu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 207 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 226 | ||
| 88 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 80 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Portuguesa RJ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Cabofriense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Bangu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Nacional PR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Cascavel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Toledo Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |