Sport Recife vs Atlético Mineiro: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35020 seats)

Struggling Sport Recife will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Atlético Mineiro in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Sport Recife has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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

Relegation threatens Sport Recife who should definitely be looking for some points here. Atlético are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sport Recife form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Sport Recife have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.

Recife drew their last game, also a home match. Bragantino (placed 11th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Internacional with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Recife goalkeeper Luan Polli was crucial in the match against Bragantino last time out, making six saves.

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

Recife have scored 17 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Recife have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Atlético Mineiro form and stats

5-4-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlético Mineiro in their Serie A matches away.

There were no winners in Atlético Mineiro's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 1-1 vs Bahia (placed 16th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Fluminense.

A quick return to home after this game, as Atlético are hosting Palmeiras in the Serie A only four days away.

Atlético have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlético have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Atlético Mineiro - Sport Recife 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Recife, four draws and four wins for Atlético Mineiro. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MineiroM. da Silva França
M. da Silva França
10 goals
Atlético MineiroH. Dalmoro
H. Dalmoro
8 goals
Atlético MineiroE. Colcenti Antunes
E. Colcenti Antunes
8 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Atlético Mineiro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
12 8 1 Won W 1 5 18
6 2 0 Drew D 0 4 8
18 8 4 Lost L 5 9 10
29 17 4 Scored S 6 20 59
45 20 10 Conceded C 11 30 43
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
50% 44% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 81%
33% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 61% 58%
11% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 33%
8% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
31% 28% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 53%
28% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 22% 33%
50% 39% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.1 11.7 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 21.5 16.1 16.5
2.8 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.8 5.3
29% 26% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 29% 31%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético Mineiro have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
  • Sport Recife has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife has the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife has the fewest points from losing position (2) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) 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 Internacional 36 20 9 7 60 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 18 8 5 5 26 16 27 69
2 Flamengo 36 20 8 8 65 45 18 10 4 4 33 22 18 10 4 4 32 23 20 68
3 Atlético Mineiro 36 18 8 10 59 43 18 13 4 1 39 13 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 62
4 Sao Paulo 35 17 11 7 56 38 17 9 6 2 26 14 18 8 5 5 30 24 18 62
5 Fluminense 36 17 9 10 52 41 18 10 5 3 29 14 18 7 4 7 23 27 11 60
6 Palmeiras 34 15 11 8 49 32 18 9 7 2 32 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 17 56
7 Gremio 36 13 17 6 52 39 18 9 6 3 33 23 18 4 11 3 19 16 13 56
8 Atletico PR 36 14 8 14 36 35 18 8 5 5 18 13 18 6 3 9 18 22 1 50
9 Santos 35 13 11 11 50 48 17 8 6 3 33 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 2 50
10 Corinthians 35 13 10 12 45 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 17 5 4 8 16 21 1 49
11 Bragantino 36 12 13 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 18 3 8 7 16 21 9 49
12 Ceara 36 12 10 14 50 50 18 6 5 7 20 24 18 6 5 7 30 26 0 46
13 Atletico GO 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 5 9 4 21 20 18 6 4 8 15 23 -7 46
14 Sport Recife 36 12 6 18 29 45 18 8 2 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 42
15 Fortaleza 36 10 11 15 34 38 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 2 5 11 14 27 -4 41
16 Bahia 36 10 8 18 42 59 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 2 6 10 17 33 -17 38
17 Vasco da Gama 36 9 10 17 34 54 18 6 5 7 18 19 18 3 5 10 16 35 -20 37
18 Goiás 36 9 9 18 39 60 18 6 4 8 19 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -21 36
19 Coritiba 35 6 10 19 29 49 17 3 6 8 12 17 18 3 4 11 17 32 -20 28
20 Botafogo 36 4 12 20 30 60 18 2 5 11 15 30 18 2 7 9 15 30 -30 24

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 Internacional 36 20 9 7 60 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 18 8 5 5 26 16 27 69
2 Flamengo 36 20 8 8 65 45 18 10 4 4 33 22 18 10 4 4 32 23 20 68
3 Atlético Mineiro 36 18 8 10 59 43 18 13 4 1 39 13 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 62
4 Sao Paulo 35 17 11 7 56 38 17 9 6 2 26 14 18 8 5 5 30 24 18 62
5 Fluminense 36 17 9 10 52 41 18 10 5 3 29 14 18 7 4 7 23 27 11 60
6 Palmeiras 34 15 11 8 49 32 18 9 7 2 32 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 17 56
7 Gremio 36 13 17 6 52 39 18 9 6 3 33 23 18 4 11 3 19 16 13 56
8 Atletico PR 36 14 8 14 36 35 18 8 5 5 18 13 18 6 3 9 18 22 1 50
9 Santos 35 13 11 11 50 48 17 8 6 3 33 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 2 50
10 Corinthians 35 13 10 12 45 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 17 5 4 8 16 21 1 49
11 Bragantino 36 12 13 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 18 3 8 7 16 21 9 49
12 Ceara 36 12 10 14 50 50 18 6 5 7 20 24 18 6 5 7 30 26 0 46
13 Atletico GO 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 5 9 4 21 20 18 6 4 8 15 23 -7 46
14 Sport Recife 36 12 6 18 29 45 18 8 2 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 42
15 Fortaleza 36 10 11 15 34 38 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 2 5 11 14 27 -4 41
16 Bahia 36 10 8 18 42 59 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 2 6 10 17 33 -17 38
17 Vasco da Gama 36 9 10 17 34 54 18 6 5 7 18 19 18 3 5 10 16 35 -20 37
18 Goiás 36 9 9 18 39 60 18 6 4 8 19 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -21 36
19 Coritiba 35 6 10 19 29 49 17 3 6 8 12 17 18 3 4 11 17 32 -20 28
20 Botafogo 36 4 12 20 30 60 18 2 5 11 15 30 18 2 7 9 15 30 -30 24

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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.