National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sport Recife or ABC that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Sport Recife nor ABC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sport Recife form and stats
Recife was eliminated in the final last season in the Copa do Nordeste. Fortaleza was too strong.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho as Sport Recife have scored 29 goals to get 44 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 13-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Sport Recife against Salgueiro the last match.
Before that, Sport Recife had a Pernambucano 1 home game versus Petrolina which ended with a victory 2-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sport Recife, as the Pernambucano 1 home game vs Belo Jardim is only three days away.
Recife have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho with 29 goals in 19 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sport Recife have only let in {8 goals} at home.
ABC form and stats
ABC's mission in Copa do Nordeste last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round against Sousa.It's the second away game in a row for ABC, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Globo last time out.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs America RN.Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Sport Recife victories, zero draws and four ABC wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() V. Silva de Souza 7 goals | ![]() K. de Andrade Rodrigues 5 goals | ![]() Luciano 4 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
ABC missing players
| Sport Recife | ABC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 25 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 15 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8 | ||
| 3.1 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 31 | 78 |
| 2 | Gremio | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 50 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 65 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 64 |
| 4 | Bahia | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 62 |
| 5 | Sampaio Correa | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 58 |
| 6 | Ituano | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 57 |
| 7 | Criciuma | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 56 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 56 |
| 9 | Londrina | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 53 |
| 10 | Guarani | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 51 |
| 11 | CRB | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 28 | -8 | 50 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -2 | 49 |
| 13 | Vila Nova | 38 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -3 | 47 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 45 |
| 15 | Tombense | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 34 | -9 | 45 |
| 16 | Novorizontino | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 28 | -5 | 44 |
| 17 | CSA | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 42 |
| 18 | Brusque | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 23 | -17 | 34 |
| 19 | Operario PR | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 53 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 34 | -22 | 34 |
| 20 | Nautico | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 65 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 38 | -33 | 30 |