Season ticket holders at Itaipava Arena Pernambuco haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Retrô languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Santa Cruz will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Retrô have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Retrô form and stats
Retrô have played three Pernambucano 1 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Retrô with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Central game, 24 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Retrô, their manager N. Júnior and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Heartbreak before that as Retrô lost 1-2 at Vera Cruz's place.
There will be little rest for Retrô after this match as they are travelling to Academica Vitoria for a Pernambucano 1 game in only four days.
Retrô has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Retrô with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
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. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Santa have lost on their last two travels.
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 draw for Santa before that, at their own venue hosting Salgueiro (0-0).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santa manager A. Tadeu Gallo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Afogados.
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
Top Goalscorers
  F. Kaue Pires 2 goals | G. Pinto Mello 1 goals | A. da Costa Dias Junior 1 goals |
Retrô missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Retrô | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 36% |
- All of Santa Cruz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Retrô have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Retrô have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Cruz have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Salgueiro | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Afogados | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 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 | Academica Vitoria | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 5 |