The season is still fairly new and the Pernambucano 1 table has to be read with caution. So far Sport Recife find themselves in 1st position and Petrolina are placed 2nd.
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.
Sport Recife form and stats
The hosts won their first Pernambucano 1 game here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sport Recife last season were 1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses from 4 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
A strong away win for Recife against Decisao the last match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Acadêmica Vitória in a game that was won 1-0.
Recife decided the match against Decisao in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ceará are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sport Recife at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Petrolina form and stats
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Petrolina - Recife 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Recife won six games, three matches ended with a draw and Petrolina has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveTop Goalscorers
  H. Vidal de Souza 4 goals |  M. Sousa Natividade 3 goals |  L. Barcia Montero 2 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Petrolina missing players
| Sport Recife | Petrolina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 18 |
| 82% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 82% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 5.8 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | 65 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 40 | 89 |
| 41 | 24 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 30 |
| 34% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 20% |
- All of Petrolina's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Petrolina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Petrolina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Petrolina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Petrolina have yet to win a game away.
- Petrolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Petrolina have scored away.
- Sport Recife have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sport Recife have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sport Recife have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sport Recife 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Petrolina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Acadêmica Vitória | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Decisao | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Botafogo PB | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | ABC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | CRB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Frei Paulistano | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 8 | River | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 4 |