Fluminense fights Sport Recife in Serie A battle

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Fluminense are in the 7th position while the guesting Sport Recife worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Fluminense has the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Serie A

The hosts Fluminense saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Serie A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Corinthians.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sport Recife, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.

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Fluminense form and stats

Fluminense have collected 25 points from their Serie A home games so far after 7-4-3.

Fluminense faced defeat in their previous match, away at Corinthians (0-5). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Flamengo.

Fluminense were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

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 Fluminense's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won zero matches, drawn two and lost two.

Fluminense are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Coritiba awaits in four days.

Fluminense have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Nilton Santos with 23 goals in 14 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Sport Recife form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sport Recife, who have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Serie A, so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Recife's last three away games as they have all been lost.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Palmeiras with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that, Recife secured a home win against Fortaleza with the score 1-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Recife when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning zero games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Recife as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. 20 goals have been conceded by Recife in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sport Recife - Fluminense 1-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Fluminense won two, Sport Recife won four and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FluminenseA. de Carvalho
A. de Carvalho
8 goals
FluminenseM. Costa do Nascimento
M. Costa do Nascimento
4 goals
Sport RecifeI. Maidana Martins
I. Maidana Martins
4 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 3 Played P 4 14 29
12 7 3 Won W 0 2 9
7 4 0 Drew D 2 4 5
10 3 0 Lost L 2 8 15
39 23 7 Scored S 3 9 24
37 14 1 Conceded C 7 20 37
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
76% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 48%
55% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 31%
24% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 14%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 10%
66% 71% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 34%
17% 21% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 24%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 48%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.4 12.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.1 10.1
3.9 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.9 2.9
35% 42% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense has the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie A
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Recife have scored away.
  • Sport Recife has the fewest scored goals (9) away in Serie A
  • Sport Recife has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Serie A
  • 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.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sao Paulo 29 16 8 5 49 27 14 9 4 1 23 7 15 7 4 4 26 20 22 56
2 Internacional 29 15 8 6 44 26 14 9 4 1 25 11 15 6 4 5 19 15 18 53
3 Atletico Mineiro 28 15 5 8 48 36 14 10 3 1 31 11 14 5 2 7 17 25 12 50
4 Flamengo 28 14 7 7 47 39 15 7 4 4 27 21 13 7 3 3 20 18 8 49
5 Gremio 28 12 13 3 37 23 14 9 4 1 26 13 14 3 9 2 11 10 14 49
6 Palmeiras 27 13 8 6 38 25 13 7 4 2 22 12 14 6 4 4 16 13 13 47
7 Fluminense 29 12 7 10 39 37 14 7 4 3 23 14 15 5 3 7 16 23 2 43
8 Corinthians 28 11 9 8 35 30 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 4 5 14 13 5 42
9 Santos 28 11 9 8 39 35 14 6 6 2 26 17 14 5 3 6 13 18 4 42
10 Ceara 29 10 9 10 40 39 14 5 5 4 16 16 15 5 4 6 24 23 1 39
11 Atletico PR 29 11 5 13 26 28 14 6 3 5 13 10 15 5 2 8 13 18 -2 38
12 Atletico GO 29 8 12 9 26 33 15 3 8 4 16 18 14 5 4 5 10 15 -7 36
13 Bragantino 29 8 11 10 37 35 15 7 4 4 26 17 14 1 7 6 11 18 2 35
14 Sport Recife 29 9 5 15 24 37 15 7 1 7 15 17 14 2 4 8 9 20 -13 32
15 Vasco da Gama 28 8 8 12 29 39 14 5 4 5 15 14 14 3 4 7 14 25 -10 32
16 Fortaleza 29 7 11 11 24 26 15 5 6 4 12 10 14 2 5 7 12 16 -2 32
17 Bahia 29 8 5 16 35 51 14 6 1 7 19 21 15 2 4 9 16 30 -16 29
18 Goias 29 6 8 15 29 44 14 4 4 6 16 21 15 2 4 9 13 23 -15 26
19 Botafogo 29 4 11 14 25 44 15 2 5 8 12 21 14 2 6 6 13 23 -19 23
20 Coritiba 29 5 7 17 22 39 15 3 4 8 8 13 14 2 3 9 14 26 -17 22

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 Sao Paulo 29 16 8 5 49 27 14 9 4 1 23 7 15 7 4 4 26 20 22 56
2 Internacional 29 15 8 6 44 26 14 9 4 1 25 11 15 6 4 5 19 15 18 53
3 Atletico Mineiro 28 15 5 8 48 36 14 10 3 1 31 11 14 5 2 7 17 25 12 50
4 Flamengo 28 14 7 7 47 39 15 7 4 4 27 21 13 7 3 3 20 18 8 49
5 Gremio 28 12 13 3 37 23 14 9 4 1 26 13 14 3 9 2 11 10 14 49
6 Palmeiras 27 13 8 6 38 25 13 7 4 2 22 12 14 6 4 4 16 13 13 47
7 Fluminense 29 12 7 10 39 37 14 7 4 3 23 14 15 5 3 7 16 23 2 43
8 Corinthians 28 11 9 8 35 30 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 4 5 14 13 5 42
9 Santos 28 11 9 8 39 35 14 6 6 2 26 17 14 5 3 6 13 18 4 42
10 Ceara 29 10 9 10 40 39 14 5 5 4 16 16 15 5 4 6 24 23 1 39
11 Atletico PR 29 11 5 13 26 28 14 6 3 5 13 10 15 5 2 8 13 18 -2 38
12 Atletico GO 29 8 12 9 26 33 15 3 8 4 16 18 14 5 4 5 10 15 -7 36
13 Bragantino 29 8 11 10 37 35 15 7 4 4 26 17 14 1 7 6 11 18 2 35
14 Sport Recife 29 9 5 15 24 37 15 7 1 7 15 17 14 2 4 8 9 20 -13 32
15 Vasco da Gama 28 8 8 12 29 39 14 5 4 5 15 14 14 3 4 7 14 25 -10 32
16 Fortaleza 29 7 11 11 24 26 15 5 6 4 12 10 14 2 5 7 12 16 -2 32
17 Bahia 29 8 5 16 35 51 14 6 1 7 19 21 15 2 4 9 16 30 -16 29
18 Goias 29 6 8 15 29 44 14 4 4 6 16 21 15 2 4 9 13 23 -15 26
19 Botafogo 29 4 11 14 25 44 15 2 5 8 12 21 14 2 6 6 13 23 -19 23
20 Coritiba 29 5 7 17 22 39 15 3 4 8 8 13 14 2 3 9 14 26 -17 22

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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.