Vasco Da Gama vs Sport Recife Prediction & Betting Tips - Brasileirão Serie A

Prediction published on 11/08/2020, 22:56  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 11/08/2020 at 23:01 in Football Predictions

Vasco da Gama’s Week 1 away match against Palmeiras was postponed and they get to start their league season at home to Sport Recife, who claimed a 3-2 win over Ceara in the opening week. Going to the game, Sport Recife are placed second on the table. Vasco da Gama will hope for a better outcome after their 1-0 loss to Goias in the Brazilian Cup, but they have registered two straight wins in the Carioca 1 ahead of this clash. They finished the Serie A season last year unbeaten in three straight matches, two being draws but won just two of their last 11 and will hope for a better start. Each of their last five league matches has produced under 2.5 goals, with both sides scoring in three while Vasco da Gama have failed to score in one of the five. With just one clean sheet going to the game, perhaps the hosts will want to work on their defending. They managed seven wins and five clean sheets at home last season in the league but with three wins in the last five meetings with Sport Recife, they will hope to start on a high here. In their last 10 league matches at home, Vasco da Gama have scored more than once in just one game – the 2-1 win over Botafogo in October 2019. Both sides have scored in each of their last six meetings, while five of the six meetings have seen over 2.5 goals scored.

Sport Recife on the other hand, head to this game on four straight wins, though three of these were in the Pernambucano 1, where they played after lockdown. They kept three clean sheets there, but matters were different when they met a tougher opponent – Ceara in the opening week of the Serie A, winning 3-2. In the game, Sport Recife had lesser ball possession but were sharper going forward. The quality in their attack can’t be faulted and Elton will once again lead them, having scored twice in the opening week win and thrice in the earlier two matches. The visitors are just returning to the league after relegation in 2018 and will hope to do better, starting with this game, in which they have been the underdogs for a better part of the past few meetings. This status may be carried to this clash, having just one win in nine away matches ahead of this.