Portuguesa RJ will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Ferroviária.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Portuguesa RJ form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie D numbers at home for Portuguesa RJ so far this season.
The Portuguesa goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie D.
Portuguesa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bangu's place. The match ended 3-0. In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Nacional PR.
A decent goal production from Portuguesa in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Portuguesa have conceded 7 goals.
Ferroviária form and stats
Ferroviária's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ferroviária, who have the most points (12) away in Serie D, collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Serie D. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
It's the second away game in a row for Ferroviária, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Cascavel CR (placed 5th) in the Serie D last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Toledo Brazil.
Ferroviária are a potent attacking force on the road with their 15 goals in 6 league games. 7 goals have been conceded by Ferroviária in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ferroviária - Portuguesa 1-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ferreira Martins 9 goals |  F. de Sena Araujo 4 goals | M. Costa 3 goals |
Portuguesa RJ missing players
Ferroviária missing players
| Portuguesa RJ | Ferroviária | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | 73 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 62 | 128 |
| 50 | 29 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 26 | 55 |
| 40% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 58% | 51% |
- All of Portuguesa RJ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ferroviária has the most points (12) away in Serie D
- Ferroviária has the most scored goals (15) away in Serie D
- Ferroviária has the the best goal difference (+8) away in Serie D
- Ferroviária have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ferroviária have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ferroviária have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ferroviária haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portuguesa RJ has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie D
- Portuguesa RJ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portuguesa RJ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Cabofriense | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Mirassol | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 |
| 4 | Portuguesa RJ | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Cascavel CR | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Bangu | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Nacional PR | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | -31 | 5 |
| 8 | Toledo Brazil | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | -30 | 1 |