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Nova Cidade vs Macaé prediction and preview

21 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Double Chance 1XNo priceFinal score 1–2

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Nova Cidade host Macaé in the Carioca - 2 (Brazil) on 21 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Double Chance 1X — Nova Cidade to win or draw. No bookmaker price was available for this market when the prediction was published, so no percentage is shown.

Final score: Nova Cidade 1–2 Macaé.

Going into the match, Nova Cidade had won 1, drawn 3 and lost 3 of their last 7 matches, scoring 7 and conceding 9. Macaé had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 5 of their last 9, with 8 scored and 10 conceded.

Both teams scored in 3 of Nova Cidade's last 7 and 3 of Macaé's last 9; 4 and 3 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Nova Cidade averaged 2.00 goals scored and 1.33 conceded across 3 matches; away from home Macaé averaged 0.50 scored and 1.50 conceded across 4.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.17 goals from Nova Cidade and 1.14 from Macaé. From that it rates a home win at 35%, a draw at 31% and an away win at 34%. For the published pick itself the model gives 66%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Nova Cidade (green) and Macaé (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form56% – 44%
Attack50% – 50%
Defence64% – 36%
Head-to-head100% – 0%
Goals100% – 0%
Overall strength63% – 36%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
Nova CidadeDWDLL1.001.2943%57%
MacaéLLWDL0.891.1133%33%

Averages over each side's last 9 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

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