Sport Recife vs América Mineiro preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 11.November
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Itaipava Arena Pernambuco (19800 seats)

Serie A: Sport Recife are 8 points short of América Mineiro, but are motivated to go all in. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (17) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Serie A

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Recife and América Mineiro.

It's quite the trip for América Mineiro when visiting Sport Recife as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

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Sport Recife form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Sport Recife at their home stadium (Itaipava Arena Pernambuco) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Recife lost their last game at Fluminense (placed 8th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Heartbreak for Recife in their last match as Fluminense's D. Braz scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Zé Welison was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Welison hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 30 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Atlético GO.

Sport Recife are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Ceará awaits in four days.

Recife have scored 8 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Recife have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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América Mineiro form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for América Mineiro so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose).

América play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Atlético Mineiro (placed 1st). América goalie Matheus Cavichioli had a wonderful day versus Atlético Mineiro, but even with achieving six saves the loss could not be helped. Goalkeeper Matheus Cavichioli got the top player rating of the team with 7.8/10. Cavichioli stopped the opponent with six saves.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Fortaleza.

A new game in only three days for América, the Serie A home match versus Grêmio. Busy days.

The visiting América have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 15 games. 21 goals have been conceded by América Mineiro in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled earlier this season: América Mineiro - Recife 0-1. Recife-América Mineiro H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sport Recife two wins, América Mineiro six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

América MineiroA. da Silva Santos Junior
A. da Silva Santos Junior
7 goals
RecifeM. Viana de Sousa
M. Viana de Sousa
5 goals
América MineiroF. Azevedo dos Santos
F. Azevedo dos Santos
4 goals

Sport Recife missing players

América Mineiro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife América Mineiro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 6 15 30
7 4 1 Won W 2 3 9
9 5 2 Drew D 4 6 11
15 6 2 Lost L 0 6 10
17 8 3 Scored S 9 15 29
28 8 3 Conceded C 6 21 31
77% 67% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 90%
35% 20% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 70%
26% 13% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 27% 20%
6% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 3%
23% 13% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 43%
39% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 30%
61% 67% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 37%
 
4.1 4.5 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 5.3
6.4 5.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5 5.1
2.5 2.7 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 13.9 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 14.1 15.1
3.3 3.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 4.4
17% 15% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 23% 22%
 
15.5 12.7 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.1 11.9
4.8 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.9 4.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • América Mineiro have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sport Recife have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Serie A
  • 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 (8) at home 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 (21) 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 30 20 5 5 47 22 15 13 1 1 31 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 25 65
2 Palmeiras 30 17 4 9 47 35 15 9 2 4 26 22 15 8 2 5 21 13 12 55
3 Flamengo 28 16 5 7 52 26 15 10 1 4 25 13 13 6 4 3 27 13 26 53
4 Bragantino 31 12 13 6 47 35 16 5 8 3 23 19 15 7 5 3 24 16 12 49
5 Fortaleza 30 14 6 10 39 33 14 8 3 3 21 13 16 6 3 7 18 20 6 48
6 Corinthians 30 12 11 7 32 26 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 6 47
7 Internacional 30 11 11 8 38 31 15 7 5 3 24 16 15 4 6 5 14 15 7 44
8 Fluminense 30 11 9 10 29 31 15 7 5 3 16 13 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 42
9 Cuiaba 31 8 15 8 28 29 16 5 6 5 15 17 15 3 9 3 13 12 -1 39
10 Ceará 30 8 15 7 28 30 16 8 6 2 20 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -2 39
11 Athletico PR 30 11 5 14 36 39 15 6 4 5 20 19 15 5 1 9 16 20 -3 38
12 América Mineiro 30 9 11 10 29 31 15 6 5 4 14 10 15 3 6 6 15 21 -2 38
13 Atlético GO 29 9 10 10 24 28 14 4 7 3 11 11 15 5 3 7 13 17 -4 37
14 São Paulo 30 8 13 9 23 28 15 5 8 2 13 10 15 3 5 7 10 18 -5 37
15 Bahia 30 9 9 12 33 39 15 6 4 5 20 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -6 36
16 Santos 30 8 11 11 26 36 15 6 5 4 14 13 15 2 6 7 12 23 -10 35
17 Sport Recife 31 7 9 15 17 28 15 4 5 6 8 8 16 3 4 9 9 20 -11 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 29 7 5 17 25 38 14 4 5 5 16 16 15 3 0 12 9 22 -13 26
20 Chapecoense 30 1 11 18 24 50 14 0 5 9 10 23 16 1 6 9 14 27 -26 14

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 30 20 5 5 47 22 15 13 1 1 31 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 25 65
2 Palmeiras 30 17 4 9 47 35 15 9 2 4 26 22 15 8 2 5 21 13 12 55
3 Flamengo 28 16 5 7 52 26 15 10 1 4 25 13 13 6 4 3 27 13 26 53
4 Bragantino 31 12 13 6 47 35 16 5 8 3 23 19 15 7 5 3 24 16 12 49
5 Fortaleza 30 14 6 10 39 33 14 8 3 3 21 13 16 6 3 7 18 20 6 48
6 Corinthians 30 12 11 7 32 26 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 6 47
7 Internacional 30 11 11 8 38 31 15 7 5 3 24 16 15 4 6 5 14 15 7 44
8 Fluminense 30 11 9 10 29 31 15 7 5 3 16 13 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 42
9 Cuiaba 31 8 15 8 28 29 16 5 6 5 15 17 15 3 9 3 13 12 -1 39
10 Ceará 30 8 15 7 28 30 16 8 6 2 20 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -2 39
11 Athletico PR 30 11 5 14 36 39 15 6 4 5 20 19 15 5 1 9 16 20 -3 38
12 América Mineiro 30 9 11 10 29 31 15 6 5 4 14 10 15 3 6 6 15 21 -2 38
13 Atlético GO 29 9 10 10 24 28 14 4 7 3 11 11 15 5 3 7 13 17 -4 37
14 São Paulo 30 8 13 9 23 28 15 5 8 2 13 10 15 3 5 7 10 18 -5 37
15 Bahia 30 9 9 12 33 39 15 6 4 5 20 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -6 36
16 Santos 30 8 11 11 26 36 15 6 5 4 14 13 15 2 6 7 12 23 -10 35
17 Sport Recife 31 7 9 15 17 28 15 4 5 6 8 8 16 3 4 9 9 20 -11 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 29 7 5 17 25 38 14 4 5 5 16 16 15 3 0 12 9 22 -13 26
20 Chapecoense 30 1 11 18 24 50 14 0 5 9 10 23 16 1 6 9 14 27 -26 14

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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.