With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Pernambucano 1 game of the season. Decisao look forward to welcoming Sport Recife in front of their home support.
Sport Recife could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pernambucano 1 game only three sleeps ago.
Decisao form and stats
Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Decisao, their manager P. Pessoa de Santana Júnior and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Ahead of that match, Decisao lost 0-5 at home to Central.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Decisao as they have a new game in only three days, a Pernambucano 1 match thankfully also at home. Acadêmica Vitória are visiting.
Sport Recife form and stats
Recife had fun at their own home (Estádio Antônio Inácio de Souza) last time out, beating Acadêmica Vitória 1-0. Marquinhos scored. A 0-0 draw at Fortaleza (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties)'s stadium before that.
Marquinhos came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Acadêmica Vitória last time out, making the manager D. Pollo Barioni feel like a tactical genius.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Petrolina in just three days.
Let's have a look at how Sport Recife performed last season in the Copa do Nordeste: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 8 and conceded 9 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 3/5 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Decisao - Sport Recife 0-0 earlier this season. Decisao-Sport Recife H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Decisao zero wins, Sport Recife one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Vidal de Souza 4 goals |  M. Sousa Natividade 3 goals |   R. da Silva Gomes 2 goals |
Decisao missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Decisao | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 25 | 14 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 40% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | 34 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 43 | 108 |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 36 |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 31% |
- Decisao have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Decisao have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Decisao have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Decisao have yet to win a game at home.
- Sport Recife have created more than twice as many corners as Decisao.
- Sport Recife have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Sport Recife have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Sport Recife 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 | Sport Recife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Decisao | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Petrolina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Acadêmica Vitória | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Botafogo PB | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | ABC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | CRB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Frei Paulistano | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 8 | River | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 4 |