Fortaleza vs Vasco da Gama Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Fortaleza

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Fortaleza will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 4-2 Copa Sudamericana triumph against Boca Juniors.

For Fortaleza, the scorers were Juan Lucero (4', 51') and Yago Pikachu (55', 63'). Miguel Ángel Merentiel (21') and Kevin Zenón (85') scored for Boca Juniors.

Their most recent results highlight the fact that quality has been evident in the Fortaleza defence. Fortaleza have kept it tight, resulting in the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six matches standing at 4. We will see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Vasco da Gama

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Fluminense in Serie A action, Vasco da Gama and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

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

In as many as 6 of the previous 6 games involving Vasco da Gama, at least three goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per match within that spell is 3.67, with the average number of goals for Vasco da Gama standing at 2.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 26/05/2019, neither club has come out on top overall with Fortaleza winning 2 of those games, Vasco da Gama 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

9 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 for Fortaleza and 3 netted by Vascão. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Serie A match day 27 on 19/10/2023 and the score finished Vasco da Gama 1-0 Fortaleza.

That day, Vasco da Gama managed 48% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player to score was Dimitri Payet (58').

At the other end, Fortaleza got 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Leandro Vuaden.

ℹ️ Team News: Fortaleza

The Fortaleza manager Juan Vojvoda will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a completely healthy group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama manager Ramón Díaz has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Jair (Cruciate ligament injury) and Paulinho Paula (Cruciate ligament injury) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

Vasco da Gama may find it difficult to score goals against this Fortaleza team who we think might well get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why we have predicted a highly competitive game with a 1-0 advantage for Fortaleza at the end of this game.

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

Peter Guest, 01:00 27/04/2024