Delightful dogfight as daring Corinthians duels with determined Vasco da Gama

Corinthians have less rest than Vasco da Gama in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Santos, so at least Corinthians are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Corinthians can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Vasco da Gama are struggling to avoid relegation.

Corinthians form and stats

Corinthians have played 18 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Corinthians will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Santos (placed 8th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Flamengo.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Corinthians have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost two.

There will be little rest for Corinthians after this match as they are travelling to Internacional for a Serie A game in only four days.

Corinthians have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Neo Química Arena with 29 goals in 18 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

Vasco da Gama form and stats

There's been little loot from Vasco da Gama's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Vasco da Gama, who have the most conceded goals (35) away in Serie A, only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 5 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Vasco da Gama as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Bahia match. Vasco da Gama has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The attacking players of Vasco have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 415 minutes.

Vasco failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie A home match vs Internacional (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Fortaleza's place.

We have checked recent matches where Vasco have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, five draws and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Goias in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vasco da Gama as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vasco da Gama have conceded 35 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vasco da Gama - Corinthians 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Corinthians victories, three draws and zero Vasco da Gama wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Cano 14 goals

J. Alves de Assis Silva 6 goals

G. Henric da Silva 5 goals

Corinthians missing players

Vasco da Gama missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Internacional	36	20	9	7	60	33	18	12	4	2	34	17	18	8	5	5	26	16	27	69
2	Flamengo	36	20	8	8	65	45	18	10	4	4	33	22	18	10	4	4	32	23	20	68
3	Atletico Mineiro	36	18	8	10	59	43	18	13	4	1	39	13	18	5	4	9	20	30	16	62
4	São Paulo	35	17	11	7	56	38	17	9	6	2	26	14	18	8	5	5	30	24	18	62
5	Fluminense	36	17	9	10	52	41	18	10	5	3	29	14	18	7	4	7	23	27	11	60
6	Palmeiras	35	15	11	9	49	33	18	9	7	2	32	15	17	6	4	7	17	18	16	56
7	Gremio	36	13	17	6	52	39	18	9	6	3	33	23	18	4	11	3	19	16	13	56
8	Santos	36	14	11	11	51	48	18	9	6	3	34	22	18	5	5	8	17	26	3	53
9	Atletico PR	36	14	8	14	36	35	18	8	5	5	18	13	18	6	3	9	18	22	1	50
10	Corinthians	36	13	10	13	45	45	18	8	6	4	29	23	18	5	4	9	16	22	0	49
11	Bragantino	36	12	13	11	49	40	18	9	5	4	33	19	18	3	8	7	16	21	9	49
12	Ceará	36	12	10	14	50	50	18	6	5	7	20	24	18	6	5	7	30	26	0	46
13	Atletico GO	36	11	13	12	36	43	18	5	9	4	21	20	18	6	4	8	15	23	-7	46
14	Sport Recife	36	12	6	18	29	45	18	8	2	8	17	20	18	4	4	10	12	25	-16	42
15	Fortaleza	36	10	11	15	34	38	18	8	6	4	20	11	18	2	5	11	14	27	-4	41
16	Bahia	36	10	8	18	42	59	18	8	2	8	25	26	18	2	6	10	17	33	-17	38
17	Vasco da Gama	36	9	10	17	34	54	18	6	5	7	18	19	18	3	5	10	16	35	-20	37
18	Goias	36	9	9	18	39	60	18	6	4	8	19	28	18	3	5	10	20	32	-21	36
19	Coritiba	36	7	10	19	30	49	18	4	6	8	13	17	18	3	4	11	17	32	-19	31
20	Botafogo	36	4	12	20	30	60	18	2	5	11	15	30	18	2	7	9	15	30	-30	24