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

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 22:30 (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 Sousa that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Sport Recife nor Sousa 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

Last season, Recife's Copa do Nordeste journey ended in the group stage.

When playing at home in the Serie A, Sport Recife have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 19 games.

The Sport Recife followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Vera Cruz and win 3-1.

A Pernambucano 1 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Retro.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Caruaru City are coming to town in two days.

Sport Recife aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the league, with only 13 goals from 19 games. From these home matches, Sport Recife have conceded only 13 goals.

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Sousa form and stats

There's been little loot from Sousa's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Serie D. Sousa only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. 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.

Sousa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Auto Esporte.

It was a Copa do Nordeste defeat before that one as the away game against Fortaleza wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sousa's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 7 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sousa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the former two meetings): Recife won one game, one match ended in a draw and Sousa managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

Sport RecifeLuciano
Luciano
1 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Sousa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Sousa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
9 7   Won W   2 10
4 3   Drew D   3 6
12 3   Lost L   8 9
30 24   Scored S   9 29
29 11   Conceded C   23 28
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 84%
60% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 60%
44% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 40%
20% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 20%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
40% 46%   BTTS BTTS   38% 28%
28% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 44%
40% 23%   Failed to Score F T   54% 44%
 
4.6 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 4.2
5.6 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7.9 6.4
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 10.2
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.4
29% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 35%
 
14.1 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 9.4
4.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 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 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 Ceara 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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ABC 14 9 1 4 30 13 7 6 0 1 22 4 7 3 1 3 8 9 17 28
2 Campinense 14 7 4 3 23 12 7 5 1 1 14 2 7 2 3 2 9 10 11 25
3 America RN 14 6 4 4 25 20 7 4 2 1 15 8 7 2 2 3 10 12 5 22
4 Uniclinic 14 6 3 5 22 20 7 3 2 2 11 8 7 3 1 3 11 12 2 21
5 Sousa 14 4 4 6 16 18 7 4 2 1 14 5 7 0 2 5 2 13 -2 16
6 Treze 14 2 9 3 18 16 7 1 5 1 9 8 7 1 4 2 9 8 2 15
7 Central 14 3 6 5 13 17 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 0 4 3 4 8 -4 15
8 Caucaia 14 2 3 9 20 51 7 2 3 2 13 16 7 0 0 7 7 35 -31 9

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 ABC 14 9 1 4 30 13 7 6 0 1 22 4 7 3 1 3 8 9 17 28
2 Campinense 14 7 4 3 23 12 7 5 1 1 14 2 7 2 3 2 9 10 11 25
3 America RN 14 6 4 4 25 20 7 4 2 1 15 8 7 2 2 3 10 12 5 22
4 Uniclinic 14 6 3 5 22 20 7 3 2 2 11 8 7 3 1 3 11 12 2 21
5 Sousa 14 4 4 6 16 18 7 4 2 1 14 5 7 0 2 5 2 13 -2 16
6 Treze 14 2 9 3 18 16 7 1 5 1 9 8 7 1 4 2 9 8 2 15
7 Central 14 3 6 5 13 17 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 0 4 3 4 8 -4 15
8 Caucaia 14 2 3 9 20 51 7 2 3 2 13 16 7 0 0 7 7 35 -31 9

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