📊 Form Guide

Vasco da Gama

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Vasco da Gama will be hoping for a better result after the 1-0 Copa Sudamericana losing effort in their last game against Lanús.

In that match, Vasco da Gama had 58% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Lanus had 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Ramiro Carrera (53') was the scorer for Lanús.

Vasco da Gama haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in more recent games. Their goals record equals just 3 versus opponents during the course of their last six fixtures. In those meetings, Vasco da Gama have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 9.

Heading into this contest, Vasco da Gama haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Fortaleza

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Last time out, Fortaleza drew 0-0 in the Copa Libertadores match with Atlético Bucaramanga.

In that match, Fortaleza had 64% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Atletico Bucaramanga had 7 shots on goal with 1 on target.

A run of steadfast performances by the Fortaleza defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 2 from their last 6 outings in total. In that period of time, their forwards have scored 11. Still, it remains to be seen whether such a trend might be sustained in this upcoming game.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Fortaleza:

• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 27/05/2023, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Vasco da Gama winning 2 of those games, Fortaleza 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from Vascão and 8 for Fortaleza. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Serie A match day 33 on 09/11/2024 when it finished Fortaleza 3-0 Vasco da Gama.

In that game, Fortaleza managed 39% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Goals were scored by Emmanuel Martínez (13'), Breno Lopes (78') and Renato Kayzer (92').

Vasco da Gama had 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Lucas Paulo Torezin.

🗞️ Team News: Vasco da Gama

Lucas Freitas (Heel spur), David (Cruciate ligament tear), Mauricio Lemos (Bone splintering), Dimitri Payet (Knee problems) and Guilherme Estrella (Knee problems) won’t be playing for Vasco da Gama boss Fernando Diniz.

📰 Team News: Fortaleza

Fortaleza boss Juan Vojvoda has multiple availability issues to deal with. Rodrigo Santos (Fitness), Moisés (Thigh problems), Zé Welison (Thigh problems) and Diogo Barbosa (unknown injury) miss out here.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, Fortaleza should get enough chances to score against this Vasco da Gama lineup, although it may not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a 2-1 victory for Vasco da Gama at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Victor Martins, 21:07 17/05/2025