Vasco da Gama take on the visitors Fluminense at “Estadio Vasco da Gama“ in the matchday three of the Brazilian Serie A. The game will be played in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, May 27th.
Last season Vasco da Gama performed in the Serie B, however, having finished Serie B season at the third place in the table with 65 points taken, the side got back to the elite division. This year “Vascao” have been already knocked out from the Copa do Brasil by Vitoria at the 1/32 stage by the aggregated outcome of 1:1 and 0:1 scorelines. Moreover, those were Fluminense which defeated Vasco with 0:3 scoreline in front of their supporters in the semi-final of the Campeonato Carioca. In regard to the Serie A, having been broken by Palmeiras with 0:4 scoreline in the first round, the side beat Bahia in the second one with 2:1 scoreline. In 2017 Milton Mendes’ team conducted 10 encounters at the home ground resulting in six triumphs, three draws and one loss. Vasco’s undefeated home streak counts for nine clashes and has been lasting since the 5th of February.
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Last season Fluminense finished at the 13th position in the Serie A standings with 50 points earned. This year Abel Braga’s side promoted to the final of the Campeonato Carioca where it lost to Flamengo RJ with 1:2, 0:1 scorelines. Besides, Fluminense proceeded to the last 16 teams in the Copa do Brasil and to 1/16 stage of the Copa Sudamericana. In the Serie A “Flu” won its two starting matches: vs. Santos 3:2 and vs. Atletico-MG 2:1. As a result, the team shares the first-second places in the table of the elite division with Gremio. This season Fluminense have participated already in 15 encounters on the road recording seven victories, two draws and six defeats in them.
This year Fluminense won both their fights against Vasco da Gama with the same 3:0 scoreline. Despite the mentioned above statistics, I believe that the hosts are quite able to pick up some points in the forthcoming battle as they demonstrate solid and consistent results at their own turf in contrast to their upcoming rival which show mediocre results on the road, especially, in recent clashes: the “Flu” were defeated in five out of six last away games.
Prediction for the match: Vasco da Gama to win with +0.5 Asian handicap (1X).
