Corinthians battle against Sport Recife for glory and sporting success.
- Corinthians have lost all their home matches so far.
- Sport Recife have yet to win a game away.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Corinthians form and stats
Corinthians are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Serie A games here at Neo Química Arena. With Corinthians having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager S. Campos Junior.
An away draw last time out for Corinthians, facing Bahia in a game that ended 0-0. Fagner, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Fagner hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that match, Corinthians lost 1-2 at home to Bragantino.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Corinthians's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Corinthians after this match as they are travelling to Fluminense for a Serie A game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Corinthians's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.
Sport Recife form and stats
The Serie A season is young and Sport Recife have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Recife seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Recife lost away at Juventude (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Marquinhos was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Marquinhos hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, Recife secured a home win against Gremio with the score 1-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Recife when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing two and winning zero games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cuiaba in just three days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Recife have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Corinthians, one draw and three wins for Sport Recife. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Santos Romeu 1 goals |  G. Girotto Franco 1 goals | R. Medeiros de Moura 1 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Corinthians | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 7 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5.6 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | 9 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 25% |
- Corinthians have created more than twice as many corners as Sport Recife.
- Corinthians have lost all their home matches so far.
- Corinthians have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sport Recife have yet to win a game away.
- Sport Recife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Corinthians | Last season | Sport Recife | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 8 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 43% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 33% | ||
| 21% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 7% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | ||
| 43% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 58% | ||
| 14% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 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 PR | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Bragantino | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Bahia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Ceará | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Internacional | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Juventude | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Sao Paulo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Gremio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |