Fluminense FC vs. CR Vasco da Gama - Exact Score

Platform comparison

Market context

Fluminense vs CR Vasco da Gama is trading at **0% YES** on Polymarket for the exact-score contract, with the market settled in USDC on Polygon through conditional tokens rather than a conventional sportsbook ticket. For a hands-on user, that means the contract only pays on the named scoreline at full-time plus stoppage time; extra time and penalties do not count, and any score outside the listed options resolves to *Any Other Score*.

The historical frame is a tight Rio derby with a moderate edge to Vasco in the longer head-to-head record: across 31 meetings, Vasco have 14 wins, Fluminense 10, and seven draws[1]. Recent comparable matches have not been low-event by default either; one March 2026 league meeting finished Vasco 3-2 Fluminense[16], while another December 2025 cup tie finished 1-0 to Fluminense after penalties, underscoring that the regulation score can diverge sharply from the eventual cup winner[20]. That matters for an exact-score market because even a competitive tie can still land in a narrow set of outcomes.

The main catalysts are simple but important: confirm the fixture is played on the scheduled Copa do Brasil date and time, and watch for any postponement or rescheduling, because the market stays open until the match is actually completed. In pre-match data, both sides have shown a meaningful tendency to score in recent samples, with Fluminense and Vasco each finding the net in all three of their latest tracked matches in the Sofascore/Sportradar feed, while clean sheets and failed-to-score rates remain uneven[2]. For Polymarket users, the practical read is that a 0% price reflects either the absence of liquidity or a mispriced long-tail exact score, not a guarantee that the footballing probability is literally zero.

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Methodology

Methodologically we separate two layers: the live probability (Polymarket mid-price) and the platform attributes (fee, KYC, settlement currency, payment rails). That keeps the comparison honest — a single canonical probability across the row, with the venue-by-venue trade-offs spelt out in the columns next to it.

Resolution & payout

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