Atletico-PR – Vasco Prediction & Picks (29.08.2018)

Atlético PR and Vasco da Gama face in Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, in a match for the 15th round of Serie A. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 matches The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 19-11-2017, ended with the victory of Atlético PR by (3-1). In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Atlético PR:

The home team played against Vasco da Gama a match of the 15th day, which had been postponed, after 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats in the games for the league that was available until now. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 1 win, 7 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 10 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses at their stadium, with 31 goals scored and 13 conceded. For the championship, Atlético PR won 16 points out of 27 possible points, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 9 home matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 19 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 8 games in which they suffered the first goal.

Atlético Paranaense is a club that has already won the Serie A of the Brazilian Championship once in its history, a title won in 2001. In addition to that title, it was already a beaten finalist of the Copa Libertadores, in 2005, and defeated finalist of the Copa de Brazil of Brazil. At this moment, the team is achieving a recovery in the table, because it won eight of the last fifteen points that played in the Serie A of the Brazilian championship, occupying at the time the eighteenth position, with the same score of the first team in the area of descent. In the last five matches that Atlético Paranaense played in their stadium there were more than 2.5 goals in four. We believe that in this match Atlético Paranaense will play another game with several goals, especially due to the fact that their attack has scored more than 1.5 goals in the last five games they played at home.

Vasco da Gama:

The visiting team disputes against Atlético PR a game of the 15th day that had been postponed, after 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats in their matches for the league until this moment. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. For the championship, Vasco da Gama won 4 points out of 24 possible points, after 4 draws and 4 losses in the last 8 away matches.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 8 away matches. In their home matches there are a few frequent results: at half-time 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches) and at the end of the match 1-1 (3 out of 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 19 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 2 comebacks.

Vasco is a club from Rio de Janeiro that has already won four titles of the Brazilian Serie A Championship, the last one in 2000. Vasco was also the winner of the Brazilian Cup and twenty-four times champion Carioca. In addition, he has also won a title of the Copa Libertadores de América. Vasco da Gama is currently in the thirteenth position of the table in the Brazilian championship. The team went through a very bad phase, since there were already five days without winning, however, managed to close that series on the last day, in a match against Chapecoense, with a 3-1 victory. Now, Vasco visits Curitiba to face Atletico Paranaense, who is going through a good moment, since he no longer loses five consecutive games, so Vasco’s task will not be easy.