The home supporters expect three points in this game, and the home advantage could be decisive against a struggling visitor. Santa Cruz are in 5th position while the guesting Íbis fret at 11th.
- Santa Cruz have not yet lost a game at home.
- Íbis have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Santa Cruz and Íbis.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Santa Cruz have collected 9 points from their Pernambucano 1 home games so far after 2-3-0.
Santa Cruz's last game was hosting Central (placed 6th) and winning 3-1.
Before that game, a home defeat in the Copa do Nordeste against Fortaleza. Santa are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 0 and lost 1.
Not much happening? In this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced two goals or less.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santa Cruz as they are travelling to their away game against Belo Jardim in the Pernambucano 1. That match is four days after this one.
The Santa Cruz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Santa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Íbis form and stats
Playing away, Íbis have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pernambucano 1 this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Íbis, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Íbis have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 251 minutes ago. Índio was the goal scorer.
Íbis play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Afogados (placed 10th).
A loss against Nautico was the result prior to that, in a home game.A quick return to home after this game, as Íbis are hosting Retro in the Pernambucano 1 only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Íbis as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Íbis have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
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| Santa Cruz | Íbis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 7.4 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 19.8 | 22.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10 | 12.8 |
| 5 | 7 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
| 22% | 26% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 21% |
| 11.3 | 10.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13 | 10.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Íbis have scored away.
- Santa Cruz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Íbis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Íbis have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Íbis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Íbis have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Íbis have yet to win a game away.
- Íbis haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 27 |
| 2 | Retro | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Nautico | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Petrolina | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Santa Cruz | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Central | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Porto | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Salgueiro | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Maguary PE | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Afogados | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Íbis | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 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 |