Match Report
The table read 3rd (Vasco da Gama, 17 pts) against 11th (Portuguesa RJ, 10 pts), 7 points apart. Vasco da Gama had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Vasco da Gama ran at 1.18 scored and 0.82 conceded, Portuguesa RJ at 1.09 and 2.18.
Vasco da Gama had not lost in 8 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 3 Vasco da Gama wins, 1 for Portuguesa RJ, 0 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro staged the fixture, a ground that holds 21,880. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Vasco da Gama led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-1.
Goal scorers
Vasco da Gama: Pablo Ezequiel Vegetti Pfaffen (23'), Philippe Coutinho (41'), Paulo Henrique (85'), Pablo Ezequiel Vegetti Pfaffen (89') · Portuguesa RJ: Joãozinho (45')