Nova Iguaçu vs América RJ — Copa Rio 2023
Copa Rio · Round 2
América RJ score first in only 17% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 4+ matches
Nova Iguaçu30%América RJ35%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
América RJ creates 11% more chances
Season form · 4 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under77
- Over23
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No68
- Yes32
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Nova Iguaçu ↓
Most likely 0–0 (19%) · grid covers 100% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Nova Iguaçu at home — creates 1.25, concedes 0.75 · 4 matches
América RJ away — creates 1.00, concedes 0.33 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Nova Iguaçu attack 1.25 + América RJ defence 0.33 → ÷2 → 0.79
América RJ attack 1.00 + Nova Iguaçu defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 0.88
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 35%?"
América RJ at 35% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 35% does not mean "América RJ will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Insights
- Nova Iguaçu score first in only 31% of matches
- 69% of Nova Iguaçu’s matches stay under 2.5 goals
- América RJ win just 20% of their away games
- 40% of América RJ’s goals come after the 75th minute
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Nova Iguaçu host América RJ on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 at 17:45. The match is part of the Copa Rio 2023/2024 season.
Nova Iguaçu vs América RJ — Match Preview
Nova Iguaçu face América RJ on July 22, 2026 in this Copa Rio fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.
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