Santa Cruz and Retrô are both successful in the Pernambucano 1 with their 2nd and 1st places respectively. Expect a wonderful fixture!
- Santa Cruz have the most scored goals (16) in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pernambucano 1
It's no vacation for neither Santa nor Retrô 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
Santa Cruz must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Pernambucano 1 games here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel.
The Santa Cruz regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel: A 0-4 defeat against Retrô (placed 1st).
Before that, Santa Cruz played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Sport Recife.This is expected to be a close game, with Santa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santa Cruz as a small favourite), we find seven games. Santa Cruz has won three of these, drawn one and lost three.
Goals are plentiful at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel in the league this season as Santa Cruz has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games.
Retrô form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Retrô, who have the the best goal difference (+10) in Pernambucano 1, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far.
Retrô play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Santa Cruz (placed 2nd).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Caruaru City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The Retrô manager Filho has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Santa - Retrô 0-4. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Santa Cruz wins - draws - Retrô wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Roque da Silva 1 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
Retrô missing players
| Santa Cruz | Retrô | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 5.7 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 10.8 |
| 4.1 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- All of Retrô's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Santa Cruz's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Retrô have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Retrô have scored in all their matches so far.
- Retrô have the most points (9) away in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô have the most scored goals (9) away in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô have the the best goal difference (+10) in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Pernambucano 1
- Retrô haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Retrô is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have the most scored goals (16) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Pernambucano 1
- Santa Cruz 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 | Retrô | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Salgueiro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 5 | Nautico | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Caruaru City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Afogados | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Vera Cruz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Ibis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Sete de Setembro PE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | -22 | 0 |
