Serie A preview and numbers: Fluminense - Sport Recife at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

In total; 29 fixtures are played and Fluminense are 9 points in front of Sport Recife. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (17) in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Fluminense form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Fluminense have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

Fluminense are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 185 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Hernandez).

Fluminense lost their last game at Ceara (placed 12th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Marlon, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Marlon hit three key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Santos (0-2).

There will be little rest for Fluminense after this match as they are travelling to Grêmio for a Serie A game in only three days.

Fluminense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Fluminense have conceded only 13 goals.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Sport Recife have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-4-8 (15 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Recife are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Recife go into this game after a win, the home game against Atletico GO that ended 2-0. The attacker Mikael got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Mikael scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the Recife manager G. Florentín faced defeat when travelling to Bragantino and losing 0-3.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting America Mineiro in just four days.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Recife have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sport Recife - Fluminense 1-2 was the scoreline in these teams' last H2H game, played this season. Fluminense-Sport Recife H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fluminense four wins, Sport Recife four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sport RecifeM. Viana de Sousa
M. Viana de Sousa
5 goals
FluminenseL. Rosa da Silva
L. Rosa da Silva
4 goals
FluminenseL. Borges De Brito
L. Borges De Brito
3 goals

Fluminense missing players

Sport Recife missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fluminense Sport Recife
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 15 30
10 6 2 Won W 1 3 7
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 9
10 3 2 Lost L 1 8 14
28 15 5 Scored S 3 9 17
31 13 6 Conceded C 3 19 27
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 77%
55% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 37%
31% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 27%
17% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 7%
7% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 23%
28% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 40%
38% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 53% 60%
 
4.8 4.5 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 4.1
4.8 4.4 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.5 6.5
2 2.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.1 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.5 11.7
4.1 4.1 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.3
24% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 20% 17%
 
12 11.6 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 17.9 15.3
3.7 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 6 4.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Sport Recife have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sport Recife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sport Recife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (17) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the most matches under the total-line (20) 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 Atlético Mineiro 28 18 5 5 44 21 13 11 1 1 28 8 15 7 4 4 16 13 23 59
2 Palmeiras 29 16 4 9 45 35 15 9 2 4 26 22 14 7 2 5 19 13 10 52
3 Flamengo 26 15 4 7 48 24 14 9 1 4 23 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 24 49
4 Bragantino 29 12 13 4 47 32 15 5 8 2 23 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 15 49
5 Fortaleza 29 14 6 9 39 32 14 8 3 3 21 13 15 6 3 6 18 19 7 48
6 Internacional 29 10 11 8 37 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 15 4 6 5 14 15 6 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 29 10 9 10 28 31 14 6 5 3 15 13 15 4 4 7 13 18 -3 39
9 America Mineiro 29 9 11 9 29 30 15 6 5 4 14 10 14 3 6 5 15 20 -1 38
10 Atletico GO 28 9 10 9 24 26 14 4 7 3 11 11 14 5 3 6 13 15 -2 37
11 São Paulo 29 8 13 8 23 27 15 5 8 2 13 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -4 37
12 Ceara 29 7 15 7 27 30 15 7 6 2 19 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -3 36
13 Santos 29 8 11 10 26 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 15 2 6 7 12 23 -8 35
14 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
15 Atletico PR 28 10 4 14 32 37 14 6 3 5 18 17 14 4 1 9 14 20 -5 34
16 Bahia 29 8 9 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -7 33
17 Sport Recife 30 7 9 14 17 27 15 4 5 6 8 8 15 3 4 8 9 19 -10 30
18 Juventude 29 6 12 11 27 36 15 5 6 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 30
19 Grêmio 27 7 5 15 24 35 14 4 5 5 16 16 13 3 0 10 8 19 -11 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 28 18 5 5 44 21 13 11 1 1 28 8 15 7 4 4 16 13 23 59
2 Palmeiras 29 16 4 9 45 35 15 9 2 4 26 22 14 7 2 5 19 13 10 52
3 Flamengo 26 15 4 7 48 24 14 9 1 4 23 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 24 49
4 Bragantino 29 12 13 4 47 32 15 5 8 2 23 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 15 49
5 Fortaleza 29 14 6 9 39 32 14 8 3 3 21 13 15 6 3 6 18 19 7 48
6 Internacional 29 10 11 8 37 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 15 4 6 5 14 15 6 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 29 10 9 10 28 31 14 6 5 3 15 13 15 4 4 7 13 18 -3 39
9 America Mineiro 29 9 11 9 29 30 15 6 5 4 14 10 14 3 6 5 15 20 -1 38
10 Atletico GO 28 9 10 9 24 26 14 4 7 3 11 11 14 5 3 6 13 15 -2 37
11 São Paulo 29 8 13 8 23 27 15 5 8 2 13 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -4 37
12 Ceara 29 7 15 7 27 30 15 7 6 2 19 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -3 36
13 Santos 29 8 11 10 26 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 15 2 6 7 12 23 -8 35
14 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
15 Atletico PR 28 10 4 14 32 37 14 6 3 5 18 17 14 4 1 9 14 20 -5 34
16 Bahia 29 8 9 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -7 33
17 Sport Recife 30 7 9 14 17 27 15 4 5 6 8 8 15 3 4 8 9 19 -10 30
18 Juventude 29 6 12 11 27 36 15 5 6 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 30
19 Grêmio 27 7 5 15 24 35 14 4 5 5 16 16 13 3 0 10 8 19 -11 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.