National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sport Recife or CRB that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife was eliminated in the final last season in the Copa do Nordeste. Fortaleza was too strong.Sport Recife have performed here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho this season with 13 wins from 19 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. 6W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Nordeste for Sport Recife.
Recife are returning here after visiting CSA in a Copa do Nordeste fixture and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Previously, the Copa do Nordeste-game at home against Santa Cruz that ended 0-0. A letdown as the club were solid pre-match favourites.
Sport 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. Recife have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {8 goals}.
CRB form and stats
CRB's mission in Copa do Nordeste last season failed in the semi-finals.CRB have only collected 18 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 5-3-11 (19 played). When we have look at the Copa do Nordeste statistics, we find 3W-4D-1L. This is both home and away.
Two away games in a row for CRB, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Bahia in the Copa do Nordeste.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Coruripe.The attacking power of CRB when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 19 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, CRB have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sport Recife three wins, two draws and CRB five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Sport Recife missing players
CRB missing players
| Sport Recife | CRB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 58 | 39 | Scored | S | 15 | 42 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14.8 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 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 | Náutico | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 65 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 38 | -33 | 30 |