Santos - Sport Recife. 6th place against 15th place. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!
- Santos have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Serie A
- 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 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Santos form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Santos, who have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Serie A, are 3-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). Santos has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Santos's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Atletico Mineiro (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The attacker Marcos Guilherme was "man of the match" for Santos with a rating of 8.0/10. Guilherme scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Gremio that finished 2-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santos as they are travelling to their away game against América Mineiro in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Santos in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Santos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Sport Recife form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on U. Louzer Filho, the Sport Recife manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There were no winners in Sport Recife's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Cuiaba (placed 16th). Hayner, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Hayner hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Corinthians before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Recife are hosting Palmeiras in the Serie A only four days away.
The attacking power of Sport Recife when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Sport Recife's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Santos won five, Sport Recife won three and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Costa 3 goals | J. Mota Oliveira de Sousa 2 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 2 goals |
Santos missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Santos | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 86% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 43% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 29% | 41% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
- Santos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Santos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Santos have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
- Santos have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Serie A
- Santos have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sport Recife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sport Recife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sport Recife have yet to win a game away.
- Sport Recife haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Athletico PR | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Bahia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Ceara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Juventude | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Sao Paulo | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Chapecoense | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Gremio | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |