Athletico PR have taken 14 of their 23 in total here at their home ground. How will they do against Sport Recife?
- Athletico PR have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the Paranaense 1. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cascavel CR, was also a home game here at Arena da Baixada. The away team is better rested.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sport Recife have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Athletico PR form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Athletico PR have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Cascavel CR in the Paranaense 1 last time out and are looking for a win here.
Heartbreak before that as Athletico lost 1-2 at Palmeiras's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athletico have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won nine times, drawn two and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletico PR as they are travelling to their away game against Cascavel CR in the Paranaense 1. That match is three days after this one.
The Athletico PR fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Sport Recife form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sport Recife so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Recife have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 361 minutes.
Sport Recife delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Chapecoense (placed 20th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Zé Welison got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Welison hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 65 successful passes (of 72 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sao Paulo.Recife are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Recife in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Athletico wins - draws - Sport Recife wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Terans Pérez 4 goals |  M. Ferreira da Cruz 3 goals | M. Barcelos da Silva 3 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Athletico PR | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 72% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 28% |
| 65% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 22% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 44% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 61% |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 4.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 15 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 37% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 24% | 16% |
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletico PR have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
- Athletico PR have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Serie A
- Athletico PR have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sport Recife have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Ceara | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Internacional | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Santos | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Juventude | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Gremio | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 7 |