It's looking good for Retrô so far this season, with the 2nd place in the Pernambucano 1 table and eagerly waiting for Santa Cruz (who are placed 6th).
- Retrô have the the best goal difference (+13) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Pernambucano 1
The visiting Santa Cruz played their last game only three days ago, a Copa do Nordeste match. That game, against CRB, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Santa Cruz.
Retrô form and stats
Retrô have collected seven points from their first three Pernambucano 1 games here at Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, a promising start.
The Retrô goalkeeper Jean de Melo Pereira is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pernambucano 1.
Retrô enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Afogados's place. The match ended 2-0 with Ramos and da Silva scoring.
Before that, Retrô had a home game versus Porto which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Retrô, as the Copa do Brasil home game vs Avaí is only four days away.
Retrô has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Retrô have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Things could have gone better for Santa Cruz in their Pernambucano 1 away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
The Santa Cruz goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Santa Cruz play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to CRB.
Before that, Santa secured a home win against Atletico Alagoinhas with the score 2-1.Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this team have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.
Santa Cruz have another match that requires travelling in just three days, a Copa do Brasil fixture against Democrata GV. A grim calendar for the guests!
Goals are few and far between in Santa Cruz's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous five meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Retrô, one draw and three wins for Santa Cruz. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Goncalves Ramos 2 goals | G. Ermel 2 goals | R. Guimarães Dutra 1 goals |
Retrô missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Retrô | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 6.7 | 7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 16.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 5.6 |
| 41% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 11% | 18% |
| 10.7 | 8.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.3 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.9 |
- Retrô have not yet lost a game at home.
- Retrô have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Retrô have scored more than double the goals of Santa Cruz.
- Retrô have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô have the the best goal difference (+13) in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Retrô haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Cruz have not yet lost a game.
- Santa Cruz have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Retrô | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | Nautico | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Salgueiro | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Petrolina | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Maguary PE | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Central | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Ibis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Porto | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Afogados | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Belo Jardim | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -18 | 2 |
| 13 | Caruaru City | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -16 | 1 |
