Season ticket holders at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Santa Cruz decaying in the 9th position. The opposing Central will attempt to defend their higher league spot in this fixture.
- Santa Cruz have not yet lost a game at home.
It's no vacation for neither Santa Cruz nor Central as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Santa Cruz form and stats
When playing at home in the Pernambucano 1, Santa Cruz have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Santa Cruz's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Central (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, a home defeat in the Copa do Nordeste against Fortaleza.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league matches, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
The Santa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Santa Cruz have conceded 5 goals.
Central form and stats
Playing away, Central have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pernambucano 1 this season.
Central are travelling again after losing away to Santa Cruz in their previous match (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Caruaru City.The attacking power of Central when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Santa Cruz have won at least one point in the last 12 fixtures (7-5-0) versus Central.Santa Cruz missing players
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| Santa Cruz | Central | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 17% | 36% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 73% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.5 | 18 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.3 | 11.6 |
| 4.7 | 6.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 19% | 22% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 10 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
- Santa Cruz have not yet lost a game at home.
- Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Cruz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 27 |
| 2 | Nautico | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Retro | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Petrolina | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Central | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Porto | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Salgueiro | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Maguary PE | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Santa Cruz | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Íbis | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Afogados | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Belo Jardim | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 5 |
| 13 | Caruaru City | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -23 | 2 |
