📊 Form Guide

Vasco da Gama

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Vasco da Gama will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-1 Serie A defeat last time out to Fluminense.

In that match, Vasco da Gama managed 42% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Vasco da Gama was Pablo Vegetti (55'). For their opponents, Fluminense had 11 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Paulo Ganso (10') and Martinelli (53') scored for Fluminense.

It’s not been often in recent times where Vasco da Gama have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Vasco da Gama have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals on the way. Even so, time will tell whether such a trend might be sustained in this upcoming game or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Vasco da Gama:

• have not lost a league tie with Criciuma in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Criciuma

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In their last game, Criciuma drew 1-1 in the Serie A tie with Atlético Mineiro.

In that game, Criciuma managed 32% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Criciuma was Matheusinho (84'). At the other end, Atletico Mineiro had 22 shots on goal with 6 on target. Gustavo Scarpa (40') was the scorer for Atlético Mineiro.

For 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Criciuma, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes to a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Tigrão being 1.

Their prior results show that Criciuma:

• have not registered a win against Vasco da Gama when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 22/04/2004, both clubs have shared the honours with Vasco da Gama winning 3 of those games, Criciuma 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

A total of 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Vascão and 8 being from Tigrão. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league meeting between these sides was Serie B match day 36 on 22/10/2022 when the final score was Vasco da Gama 2-1 Criciuma.

That day, Vasco da Gama had 52% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Fábio Gomes (86').

Criciuma got 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Hygor (35') was the scorer.

📋 Team News: Vasco da Gama

Jair (Cruciate ligament injury) and Paulinho Paula (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Vasco da Gama manager Ramón Díaz.

We think that Vascão look set to make use of the 4-3-3 formation this time with Léo Jardim, Paulo Henrique, Gary Medel, Léo, Lucas Piton, Hugo Moura, Juan Sforza, Dimitri Payet, Rayan Vitor, Pablo Vegetti and David.

🗞️ Team News: Criciuma

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Criciuma manager Claudio Tencati does not have any fitness worries to report before this clash.

From our viewpoint, Tigrão will likely elect for a 4-3-3 system, settling for Gustavo, Claudinho, Rodrigo Fagundes, Wilker Angel, Marcelo Hermes, Fellipe Mateus, Barreto, Higor Meritao, Marquinhos Gabriel, Arthur Caíke and Yannick Bolasie.

✨ Prediction

In this match, Criciuma have it in them to find the net against this Vasco da Gama lineup, but it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Vasco da Gama at full-time. Could easily see this go either way.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:19 27/04/2024