Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Sport Recife and Atlético GO

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35020 seats)

18th- against 9th place might not seem all that sexy. Fear not: We have the intelligence that makes Sport Recife - Atlético GO (even) more engrossing!

Insights:
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie A
  • Atlético GO have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sport Recife have scored home.

These are full days for the hosts, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie A. That game was an away game at Bragantino, so at least Recife are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Atlético GO have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Sport Recife form and stats

With 3 Serie A wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Sport Recife are certainly not brimming with confidence.

No payout for Recife in their previous match, an away game at Bragantino that ended in defeat 0-3. Sander, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Sander hit four key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Palmeiras.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sport Recife have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost four.

Recife has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 6 goals from 14 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Recife are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 14 matches.

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Atlético GO form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Igor Cariús and Marlon Freitas scored in Atlético's previous match, the home game against Gremio that ended 2-0. Éder was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.31. The defender Éder served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Atletico Mineiro.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Atlético GO in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Atlético GO, three draws and two defeats.

The visiting Atlético have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Atlético have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest past scoreline featuring both these sides is the Atlético GO - Sport Recife 1-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Sport Recife won three, Atlético GO triumphed in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético GOJ. Assunção de Araujo Filho
J. Assunção de Araujo Filho
5 goals
Sport RecifeM. Viana de Sousa
M. Viana de Sousa
3 goals
Atlético GOG. Baralhas dos Santos
G. Baralhas dos Santos
3 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Atlético GO missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Atlético GO
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 13 27
6 3 1 Won W 3 5 9
9 5 1 Drew D 2 3 10
14 6 2 Lost L 0 5 8
15 6 2 Scored S 5 13 24
27 8 3 Conceded C 2 13 24
76% 64% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 81%
34% 14% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 54% 59%
28% 14% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 46% 30%
7% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
24% 14% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 46% 41%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 60% 46% 44%
62% 71% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 33%
 
4 4.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.8
6.6 5.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.3 6.3
2.5 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.2 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.4 13.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.8 10.5
3.2 3.4 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.4 3.3
16% 12% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 27%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético GO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético GO have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sport Recife have scored home.
  • Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (6) 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 (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 Atletico Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Bragantino 29 12 13 4 47 32 15 5 8 2 23 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 15 49
4 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
5 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 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 28 10 9 9 28 30 14 6 5 3 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 17 -2 39
9 Atlético GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceara 28 6 15 7 26 30 14 6 6 2 18 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -4 33
15 Bahia 28 8 8 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 32
16 Santos 28 7 11 10 25 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 32
17 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
18 Sport Recife 29 6 9 14 15 27 14 3 5 6 6 8 15 3 4 8 9 19 -12 27
19 Gremio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 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 Atletico Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Bragantino 29 12 13 4 47 32 15 5 8 2 23 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 15 49
4 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
5 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 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 28 10 9 9 28 30 14 6 5 3 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 17 -2 39
9 Atlético GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceara 28 6 15 7 26 30 14 6 6 2 18 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -4 33
15 Bahia 28 8 8 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 32
16 Santos 28 7 11 10 25 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 32
17 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
18 Sport Recife 29 6 9 14 15 27 14 3 5 6 6 8 15 3 4 8 9 19 -12 27
19 Gremio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 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.