Vitoria Salvador vs Vasco da Gama prediction and betting tips on September 2, 2024
Game Prediction
Vitoria Salvador and Vasco da Gama will play a match in the 25th round of the Brazilian Serie A on September 2, 2024. The guests are trying to win to secure a place at the top of the table, but the hosts also desperately need points to increase their chances of survival in the elite division of the country.
Vitoria Salvador vs Vasco da Gama: key statistics and trends
- Vitoria Salvador has not won 3 games in a row.
- Vasco da Gama has not lost in its 6 previous six matches.
- Vitoria Salvador has scored 27% of its goals between the 76th and the 90th minutes of confrontations.
- Vasco da Gama has scored 25% of its goals between the 46th and 60th minutes of games.
- Vitoria Salvador and Vasco da Gama win the first half in 25% of meetings.
Our prediction for the match Vitoria Salvador vs Vasco da Gama
“The Barra’s Lion” is a fairly typical “football lift”. The club managed to win promotion again in the previous cycle – the team won the Serie B. As for “the Giant of the Hill”, the team returned to the Brasileiro a year earlier, and finished the season in 15th place, 2 points ahead of relegated Santos, in 2023.
Vitoria is expectedly fighting for survival, and not very successfully. Recently, there had been 2 wins in a row, over Palmeiras and Cuiaba, which increased the chances of avoiding a fall to the Serie B. Still, then there was a 0-2 score in the struggle with Bahia and a home draw in the game against Cruzeiro, where they squandered a couple of goals advantage. And then the team lost to Sao Paulo. Rafael Paiva’s wards had a difficult start, losing 8 out of 12 matches. Nevertheless, they managed to improve the performance and even started winning, moving up the table. They also played with a 2-1 result in the confrontation with Atlético Paranaense.
The hosts got have terrible statistics, at the level of an outsider: the team scores only 1.09 goals on average and concedes one and a half times more – 1.57. By the way, the guests are not much better – 1.18/1.50.
Vitoria Salvador vs Vasco da Gama: possible starting line-ups
Vitoria Salvador (possible line-up): Lucas Arcanjo – Lucas Esteves, Wagner, Neris, Lepo - Machado, Luan, Ricardo – Matheuzinho, Osvaldo, Alerrandro.
Vasco da Gama (possible line-up): Leo Jardim – Lucas Piton, Leo Pinheiro, Joao Victor, Paulinho – Carvalho, Hugo Moura, Payet, Adson, David – Rocha.
Previous head-to-head matches: Vitoria Salvador vs Vasco da Gama
The teams have exchanged victories in 4 previous head-to-head matches.
Free prediction for the match Vitoria Salvador vs Vasco da Gama
The guests have gained momentum and seem ready to win again. Still, we will hedge our bet by using “a 0 goal handicap” (odd: 2.25).