A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Retrô fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Petrolina's 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Retrô form and stats
Three Pernambucano 1 home games done for Retrô, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Retrô manager R. Oliveira de Araujo and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Nautico (placed 4th) in the Pernambucano 1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Academica Vitoria in a game that was won 2-0.
The Retrô fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Retrô have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Petrolina form and stats
Playing away, Petrolina have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pernambucano 1 this season. Petrolina have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Visiting Petrolina has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
There were no winners in Petrolina's previous match, a Pernambucano 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Sport Recife (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Central.
The attacking power of Petrolina when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Petrolina have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Lira Sousa 4 goals | B. Silva Brito 3 goals | J. Azevedo dos Santos 2 goals |
Retrô missing players
Petrolina missing players
| Retrô | Petrolina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 6.8 | 6.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 2.6 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | 31 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 40 | 89 |
| 44 | 14 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 34% | 21% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 20% |
- All of Petrolina's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Petrolina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Petrolina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Petrolina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Petrolina have yet to win a game away.
- Petrolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Retrô has the most scored goals (15)
- Retrô has the most scored goals in the second half (9)
- Retrô have scored more than double the goals of Petrolina.
- Retrô haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santa Cruz | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Salgueiro | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Retrô | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Nautico | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Afogados | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Central | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Petrolina | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Decisao | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 4 |
| 10 | Academica Vitoria | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |