Portuguesa RJ vs Bangu Prediction & Betting Tips (17 January)

In general, a visit from Bangu has proven to be very beneficial in recent times, with 17 of the last 20 teams to entertain them claiming maximum points. Add to that the fact that Portuguesa RJ have enjoyed 15 wins in 20 home games at this level of late, and it is hard to see anything other than a home success in this meeting between high-fliers and strugglers.

Bangu are the absolute masters of playing in away games containing three goals or fewer, as this has been the scenario which has unfolded on 16 of their most recent 18 top- flight trips, including 11 times in a row of late. As for Portuguesa RJ, 18 of their last 20 home matches in the Carioca have also been of the under 3.5 goals variety.

Over the course of their last 17 fixtures in the Carioca, Portuguesa RJ have been involved in just four encounters in which they have both scored and conceded during the same 90 minutes. Although Bangu cannot quite match these levels of consistency, at least one of the two keepers has emerged with a clean sheet in 12 of their previous 19 third-tier games.