4th position in the Serie A table for Palmeiras so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Sport Recife visits Allianz Parque.
It's no vacation for neither Palmeiras nor Sport Recife as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sport Recife have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Serie A games here at Allianz Parque. The Palmeiras fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Allianz Parque and will expect new points from this game. Palmeiras has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat. Palmeiras haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Corinthians, 52 days ago.
Palmeiras enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Corinthians's place. The match ended 2-0 with Luiz Adriano and Gabriel Veron scoring. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Bragantino.
Palmeiras are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 17 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 13, drew four and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palmeiras as they are travelling to their away game against Bolivar in the Copa Libertadores. That match is three days after this one.
Palmeiras are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Palmeiras's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sport Recife form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Sport Recife have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
Recife lost away at Fortaleza (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Recife secured a home win against Goiás with the score 2-1.
You'll want to know how Sport Recife managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and zero home wins.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Sport Recife have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palmeiras five wins, one draw and Sport Recife four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. de Souza da Silva 4 goals |  G. Fonseca de Souza 2 goals |  I. Maidana Martins 2 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Palmeiras | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | 37 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 44 | 89 |
| 29 | 9 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 38% | 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 29% |
- All of Palmeiras's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game.
- Palmeiras have scored in all their matches so far.
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sport Recife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Santos | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Grêmio | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Ceará | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Atlético GO | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Bahia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Botafogo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Athletico PR | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | Goiás | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |