This is Vasco's debut Serie A fixture and one they will see as very winnable and be "going for" with three very tough looking fixtures to follow over the next 10 days.

 

Sport opened with a 3-2 defeat of Ceara on Saturday ahead of which my notes included..........

 

 

 

 

 

I have previewed Vasco's last two starts, both draws 4-4 versus Flamengo and 1-1 with Goias ............

 

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56 days of the season remaining, with 14 rounds left to play, that is a game every 4 days for all 20 teams, welcome to football in Brazil !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bahia are a team we have done very well with and prior to a recent trip to defending champions Palmeiras I wrote ..........

 

 

 

 

 

I have no interest in early group stage European Championship qualifiers, so that only leaves this fixture at present, but thankfully we have two rounds from Brazil this week, one from J-league and the Gold Cup and Copa America starting this coming weekend so plenty of interest there.