Copa do Brasil · Thursday, 3 September 2026 · 01:30. Our rating makes this 44% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Copa do Brasil average is 47%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 44% | 56% | Under |
| Over 3.5 goals | 22% | 78% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 51% | 49% | Yes |
The result model puts Vitoria at 47%, the draw at 28% and Vasco DA Gama at 24%, from expected goals of 1.31 and 0.86.
The league sets the starting point. Copa do Brasil has produced over 2.5 goals in 47% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Vitoria have 8 in 23 this season (3 of 11 at home), Vasco DA Gama 12 in 22 (5 of 10 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 39% and 50%.
The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 45%.
Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 60%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 47%.
Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 37%, from expected goals of 1.31 for Vitoria and 0.86 for Vasco DA Gama. Folding in 30% of that view gives 44%.
This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitoria | 23 | 35% | 26% | 35% |
| Vasco DA Gama | 22 | 55% | 18% | 64% |
More: Vitoria season stats · Vasco DA Gama season stats · Copa do Brasil table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.