Copa do Nordeste: Buckle up for the Sport Recife - Floresta clash

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35020 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sport Recife or Floresta 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.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Sport Recife was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Copa do Nordeste.

The Serie A stats playing at home this season for Sport Recife are 5-7-7 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa do Nordeste, Sport Recife has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Recife's last game was hosting Floresta and winning 1-0.

In the game before, an away victory in the Pernambucano 1 match versus Ibis with a 4-0 scoreline.

Sport Recife are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew two and lost zero.

Sport Recife have scored 13 league goals here from 19 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Sport Recife have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Floresta form and stats

The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Nordeste stats, they have 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses both home and away.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Floresta, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Sport Recife.

A 1-2 loss hosting Atlético Alagoinhas before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Floresta played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Sport RecifeJ. Parraguez Herrera
J. Parraguez Herrera
4 goals
Sport RecifeJ. Flores dos Reis
J. Flores dos Reis
3 goals
RecifeLuciano
Luciano
2 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Floresta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Floresta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
10 6   Won W   4 8
8 5   Drew D   5 9
7 2   Lost L   4 8
37 24   Scored S   13 34
25 13   Conceded C   15 32
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
64% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 68%
40% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 40%
28% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
16% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
52% 62%   BTTS BTTS   46% 52%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   38% 36%
 
4.5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
4.8 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.9
2.3 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.3
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.2 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.2
4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 27%
 
9.3 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 10.5
3.5 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 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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