Soccer betting preview: Sport Recife welcomes Bahia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Fri 19.November
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Itaipava Arena Pernambuco (19800 seats)

Sport Recife are impatient to add to their points total at their own ground in this upcoming fixture vs Bahia.

Insights:
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie A
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Serie A

Recife have less rest than Bahia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ceará.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Sport Recife have played 16 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Sport Recife hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Chapecoense, São Paulo, Atletico GO, Gremio, Juventude and Sport Recife), they have won 3 of 5 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Sport Recife to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager G. Florentín led his Sport Recife to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Ceará. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Itaipava Arena Pernambuco. Mikael, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.01 (out of 10). Mikael scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to America Mineiro (2-3).

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 twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost four.

Recife have scored 10 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Recife have conceded only 11 goals. Recife has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Bahia form and stats

Bahia have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-5-8 (16 played).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Bahia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Flamengo (placed 2nd). Juninho Capixaba got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Capixaba dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that, Bahia secured a home win against São Paulo with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Bahia in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Bahia, seven draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cuiaba in just three days.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Bahia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the sides met previously this campaign; Bahia - Recife 0-1. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Recife, one draw and three wins for Bahia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
12 goals
RecifeM. Viana de Sousa
M. Viana de Sousa
7 goals
BahiaH. Rodallega Martínez
H. Rodallega Martínez
5 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Bahia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Bahia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 31
7 4 3 Won W 1 3 9
9 5 1 Drew D 1 5 9
17 7 1 Lost L 2 8 13
20 10 6 Scored S 2 13 33
33 11 2 Conceded C 3 24 42
79% 69% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 84%
39% 25% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 68%
30% 19% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 42%
9% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 19%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 16%
27% 19% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 35%
36% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 35%
58% 62% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 56% 45%
 
4.2 4.6 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.3 5.4
6.4 5.7 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.2 5.6
2.5 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.9 13.8 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 12.1
3.4 3.7 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.7
18% 17% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 28%
 
15.4 12.8 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.8 13.2
4.8 3.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Serie A
  • Bahia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (20) 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 Atletico Mineiro 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Flamengo 31 18 6 7 61 28 16 11 1 4 28 13 15 7 5 3 33 15 33 60
3 Palmeiras 32 18 4 10 52 37 16 10 2 4 30 22 16 8 2 6 22 15 15 58
4 Bragantino 33 13 13 7 50 37 17 6 8 3 26 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 13 52
5 Corinthians 32 13 11 8 35 31 16 8 4 4 22 17 16 5 7 4 13 14 4 50
6 Fortaleza 32 14 7 11 40 37 15 8 4 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 18 23 3 49
7 Internacional 32 12 11 9 41 34 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 7 47
8 Fluminense 32 12 9 11 31 33 16 8 5 3 18 14 16 4 4 8 13 19 -2 45
9 America Mineiro 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 17 11 16 4 6 6 18 23 1 44
10 Ceará 32 9 15 8 31 33 17 9 6 2 22 13 15 0 9 6 9 20 -2 42
11 Atletico PR 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 7 4 5 22 20 16 5 1 10 17 22 -3 41
12 Santos 32 9 12 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 16 2 7 7 12 23 -8 39
13 Cuiaba 32 8 15 9 30 32 16 5 6 5 15 17 16 3 9 4 15 15 -2 39
14 Atletico GO 31 9 11 11 24 32 15 4 8 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 38
15 São Paulo 32 8 14 10 24 33 16 5 8 3 13 14 16 3 6 7 11 19 -9 38
16 Bahia 31 9 9 13 33 42 15 6 4 5 20 18 16 3 5 8 13 24 -9 36
17 Juventude 31 8 12 11 31 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 15 2 6 7 15 22 -6 36
18 Sport Recife 33 7 9 17 20 33 16 4 5 7 10 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -13 30
19 Gremio 31 8 5 18 27 41 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 3 0 13 10 25 -14 29
20 Chapecoense 32 1 12 19 26 54 16 0 6 10 12 27 16 1 6 9 14 27 -28 15

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 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Flamengo 31 18 6 7 61 28 16 11 1 4 28 13 15 7 5 3 33 15 33 60
3 Palmeiras 32 18 4 10 52 37 16 10 2 4 30 22 16 8 2 6 22 15 15 58
4 Bragantino 33 13 13 7 50 37 17 6 8 3 26 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 13 52
5 Corinthians 32 13 11 8 35 31 16 8 4 4 22 17 16 5 7 4 13 14 4 50
6 Fortaleza 32 14 7 11 40 37 15 8 4 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 18 23 3 49
7 Internacional 32 12 11 9 41 34 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 7 47
8 Fluminense 32 12 9 11 31 33 16 8 5 3 18 14 16 4 4 8 13 19 -2 45
9 America Mineiro 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 17 11 16 4 6 6 18 23 1 44
10 Ceará 32 9 15 8 31 33 17 9 6 2 22 13 15 0 9 6 9 20 -2 42
11 Atletico PR 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 7 4 5 22 20 16 5 1 10 17 22 -3 41
12 Santos 32 9 12 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 16 2 7 7 12 23 -8 39
13 Cuiaba 32 8 15 9 30 32 16 5 6 5 15 17 16 3 9 4 15 15 -2 39
14 Atletico GO 31 9 11 11 24 32 15 4 8 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 38
15 São Paulo 32 8 14 10 24 33 16 5 8 3 13 14 16 3 6 7 11 19 -9 38
16 Bahia 31 9 9 13 33 42 15 6 4 5 20 18 16 3 5 8 13 24 -9 36
17 Juventude 31 8 12 11 31 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 15 2 6 7 15 22 -6 36
18 Sport Recife 33 7 9 17 20 33 16 4 5 7 10 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -13 30
19 Gremio 31 8 5 18 27 41 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 3 0 13 10 25 -14 29
20 Chapecoense 32 1 12 19 26 54 16 0 6 10 12 27 16 1 6 9 14 27 -28 15

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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.