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

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Thu 09.March
Match begins: 00:30 (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 Sergipe that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Sport Recife nor Sergipe 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.

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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). 4W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Nordeste for Sport Recife.

Sport Recife are returning here after guesting Náutico in a Copa do Nordeste game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Sport Recife won a home game hosting Ibis (5-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Recife home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pernambucano 1 game versus Santa Cruz in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho.

A decent goal production from Sport Recife in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 19 league matches. Sport Recife have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {8 goals}.

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Sergipe form and stats

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

The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Nordeste stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.

The fans enjoyed Sergipe's previous fixture versus Fluminense PI, a Copa do Nordeste win (3-1) played at home.

One match before, 1-1 at home vs Botafogo in the Copa do Brasil.

After this away game Sergipe return home for a Sergipano game against Falcon. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SergipeJ. da Silva Braga
J. da Silva Braga
3 goals
SergipeJ. Soares de Lima
J. Soares de Lima
1 goals
SergipeM. Júnior
M. Júnior
1 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Sergipe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Sergipe
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
16 11   Won W   1 12
5 1   Drew D   4 7
4 0   Lost L   6 6
54 38   Scored S   4 29
19 6   Conceded C   9 16
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 84%
76% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   18% 52%
52% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 32%
32% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 12%
24% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
44% 50%   BTTS BTTS   18% 36%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 44%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   73% 36%
 
6.2 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 4.8
3.8 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.7
7 0   Red cards R C   2 6
 
14 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   4.9 10
5.6 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.2 3.9
39% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 31%
 
9.5 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 9.5
2.8 1.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.4

  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 Corrêa 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

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 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 Corrêa 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

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