It's advantage Afogados so far with their 3rd position in the Pernambucano 1 table, welcoming Santa Cruz who are placed 6th.
- Afogados have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have yet to win a game away.
Santa Cruz could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pernambucano 1 game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Retrô, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Santa Cruz.
Afogados form and stats
2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Pernambucano 1 numbers at home for Afogados so far this season.
Afogados shared the glory with Nautico in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vera Cruz in a game that was won 2-1.
Afogados has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively Afogados have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Pernambucano 1 for Santa Cruz with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Santa Cruz have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 218 minutes ago. Gaucho Leonardo was the goal scorer.
A loss against Sete de Setembro PE was the result prior to that, in a home game.
It's early days yet, but Santa Cruz has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Afogados won zero, Santa Cruz won three and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Mendes Braga 4 goals | J. Silva Souza 1 goals | Vinicius 1 goals |
Afogados missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Afogados | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.7 | 8.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 28% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 36% |
- Afogados have not yet lost a game at home.
- Afogados have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Afogados have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Cruz have scored away.
- Afogados have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Pernambucano 1
- Afogados have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Pernambucano 1
- Afogados have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nautico | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Afogados | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Salgueiro | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Vera Cruz | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Retrô | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Central | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 9 | Sete de Setembro PE | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Acadêmica Vitória | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 5 |