It's the Copa do Nordeste: Ceará and Sport Recife face off

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Wed 16.February
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ceará & Sport Recife face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa do Nordeste. All the pre-match information is available here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ceará and Sport Recife.

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Ceará form and stats

10-7-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Ceará so far this season. On the other hand, in the Copa do Nordeste, Ceará has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Jhonatan was the last player to score a league goal for Ceará and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ceará haven't scored in 198 minutes.

The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Sampaio Corrêa last time out and are looking for a win here.

Ahead of that match, Ceará won a home game hosting Globo (5-0).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Atlético Alagoinhas in the Copa do Nordeste. That match is four days after this one.

The Ceará fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 19 matches. Ceará are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 19 matches.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Recife's mission in Copa do Nordeste last season failed in the group stage.

Sport Recife have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 4-4-11 (19 played). When we have look at the Copa do Nordeste statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.

Sport Recife delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Afogados in their previous game.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Caruaru City.

A new game in only four days for Sport Recife, the Pernambucano 1 home match versus Santa Cruz. Busy days.

The attacking power of Recife when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 19 league matches away. 24 goals have been conceded by Sport Recife in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ceará-Sport Recife H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ceará four wins, Sport Recife three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CearáV. Goes Barbosa de Souza
V. Goes Barbosa de Souza
2 goals
CearáJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
2 goals
CearáV. Chuab Zamblauskas
V. Chuab Zamblauskas
2 goals

Ceará missing players

Sport Recife missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ceará Sport Recife
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
8 6   Won W   2 10
10 5   Drew D   0 5
7 1   Lost L   8 10
28 16   Scored S   6 33
23 7   Conceded C   15 27
84% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
64% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 64%
36% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 40%
16% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 20%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
48% 42%   BTTS BTTS   40% 48%
40% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 28%
28% 25%   Failed to Score F T   50% 28%
 
5.4 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.8
5.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.1 5.4
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.2 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 13.4
4.2 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.4
27% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   15% 30%
 
14.7 13.2   Shots against (avg) S A   17.6 12.7
4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceará 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceará 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15

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