A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Sport Recife and Petrolina should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sport Recife form and stats
4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Sport Recife, which have the most wins (7) in the Pernambucano 1, so far this season. Sport Recife has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Flamengo Arcoverde.Happy days for Sport Recife in their previous game, a Pernambucano 1 match away at Central (placed 2nd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Sport Recife won a home game hosting Salgueiro (4-0).
home team are showing their attacking force in their home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 5 games). Sport Recife's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times.
Petrolina form and stats
As the visiting team Petrolina have produced an overall stat of 1-0-4 so far.Petrolina play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Salgueiro (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Academica Vitoria.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Petrolina's away games this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. The Petrolina manager Lima has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Sport Recife and Petrolina have met before this season: Sport Recife - Petrolina 3-0. Sport Recife-Petrolina H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sport Recife 5 wins, Petrolina 0 wins, 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
Sport Recife missing players
Petrolina missing players
| Sport Recife | Petrolina | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | Played | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 50% | 78% |
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 56% |
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 44% |
| 44% | 80% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 20% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 60% | Both teams to score | 25% | 22% |
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheet | 75% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 56% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Sport Recife | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Náutico | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Salgueiro | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Central | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Afogados | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Acadêmica Vitória | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 8 | Petrolina | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 9 | América PE | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -13 | 1 |
| 10 | Flamengo Arcoverde | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -6 | -5 |
