Serie A match preview: Sport Recife believed to be the weaker party when Flamengo pays a visit

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Mon 01.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35020 seats)

The visiting Flamengo side should be favourites in this visit to Sport Recife, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 32 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Sport Recife has the fewest scored goals (26) in Serie A
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals (57) in Serie A

The visiting Flamengo played their last game only four days ago, a Serie A match. That game was also an away game, at Grêmio. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

It's quite the trip for Flamengo when visiting Recife as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Sport Recife, who have the fewest scored goals (26) in Serie A, have played 16 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-1-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Recife's last game was hosting Bahia (placed 16th) and winning 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Corinthians.

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

Sport Recife has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Recife's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Flamengo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (57) in Serie A, on their Serie A travels is 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Flamengo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Grêmio (placed 6th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Atletico PR wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Grêmio was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vasco da Gama in just three days.

Flamengo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 16 games. Flamengo have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Flamengo - Sport Recife 3-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Recife two wins, two draws and Flamengo six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FlamengoP. Abreu dos Santos
P. Abreu dos Santos
12 goals
FlamengoG. Barbosa Almeida
G. Barbosa Almeida
9 goals
FlamengoG. De Arrascaeta Benedetti
G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti
7 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Flamengo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Flamengo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 6 16 32
10 8 0 Won W 5 9 17
5 1 1 Drew D 1 3 7
17 7 3 Lost L 0 4 8
26 17 4 Scored S 12 28 57
41 17 8 Conceded C 4 22 43
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
50% 44% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 84%
31% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 59%
12% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 31% 31%
9% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 19%
31% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 62%
25% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 22%
50% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.2 12.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 13 15.8
2.8 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 5.9
29% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 30%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Flamengo has the most points (30) away in Serie A
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals (57) in Serie A
  • Flamengo has the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Serie A
  • Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Flamengo 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 scored goals (26) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 32 18 8 6 55 30 16 11 4 1 31 14 16 7 4 5 24 16 25 62
2 Flamengo 32 17 7 8 57 43 16 8 4 4 29 21 16 9 3 4 28 22 14 58
3 São Paulo 32 16 10 6 52 34 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 7 5 4 27 21 18 58
4 Atlético Mineiro 32 17 6 9 56 41 16 12 3 1 36 12 16 5 3 8 20 29 15 57
5 Palmeiras 32 14 10 8 45 31 16 8 6 2 28 14 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 52
6 Grêmio 32 12 15 5 42 31 16 9 5 2 29 18 16 3 10 3 13 13 11 51
7 Fluminense 32 14 8 10 45 40 16 9 4 3 26 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 5 50
8 Ceara 32 12 9 11 47 42 16 6 5 5 19 19 16 6 4 6 28 23 5 45
9 Corinthians 32 12 9 11 39 38 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 5 4 7 15 19 1 45
10 Santos 32 12 9 11 44 44 16 7 6 3 31 22 16 5 3 8 13 22 0 45
11 Bragantino 32 11 11 10 45 37 16 8 4 4 30 18 16 3 7 6 15 19 8 44
12 Atletico PR 32 12 6 14 29 31 16 7 4 5 16 12 16 5 2 9 13 19 -2 42
13 Atlético GO 32 10 12 10 32 37 16 4 8 4 18 18 16 6 4 6 14 19 -5 42
14 Vasco da Gama 32 9 9 14 34 47 16 6 4 6 18 17 16 3 5 8 16 30 -13 36
15 Sport Recife 32 10 5 17 26 41 16 8 1 7 17 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -15 35
16 Bahia 32 10 5 17 38 54 16 8 1 7 22 22 16 2 4 10 16 32 -16 35
17 Fortaleza 32 8 11 13 28 32 16 6 6 4 14 10 16 2 5 9 14 22 -4 35
18 Goiás 32 7 8 17 33 54 16 4 4 8 16 28 16 3 4 9 17 26 -21 29
19 Coritiba 32 6 9 17 27 43 16 3 5 8 11 16 16 3 4 9 16 27 -16 27
20 Botafogo 32 4 11 17 27 51 16 2 5 9 13 24 16 2 6 8 14 27 -24 23

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 32 18 8 6 55 30 16 11 4 1 31 14 16 7 4 5 24 16 25 62
2 Flamengo 32 17 7 8 57 43 16 8 4 4 29 21 16 9 3 4 28 22 14 58
3 São Paulo 32 16 10 6 52 34 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 7 5 4 27 21 18 58
4 Atlético Mineiro 32 17 6 9 56 41 16 12 3 1 36 12 16 5 3 8 20 29 15 57
5 Palmeiras 32 14 10 8 45 31 16 8 6 2 28 14 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 52
6 Grêmio 32 12 15 5 42 31 16 9 5 2 29 18 16 3 10 3 13 13 11 51
7 Fluminense 32 14 8 10 45 40 16 9 4 3 26 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 5 50
8 Ceara 32 12 9 11 47 42 16 6 5 5 19 19 16 6 4 6 28 23 5 45
9 Corinthians 32 12 9 11 39 38 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 5 4 7 15 19 1 45
10 Santos 32 12 9 11 44 44 16 7 6 3 31 22 16 5 3 8 13 22 0 45
11 Bragantino 32 11 11 10 45 37 16 8 4 4 30 18 16 3 7 6 15 19 8 44
12 Atletico PR 32 12 6 14 29 31 16 7 4 5 16 12 16 5 2 9 13 19 -2 42
13 Atlético GO 32 10 12 10 32 37 16 4 8 4 18 18 16 6 4 6 14 19 -5 42
14 Vasco da Gama 32 9 9 14 34 47 16 6 4 6 18 17 16 3 5 8 16 30 -13 36
15 Sport Recife 32 10 5 17 26 41 16 8 1 7 17 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -15 35
16 Bahia 32 10 5 17 38 54 16 8 1 7 22 22 16 2 4 10 16 32 -16 35
17 Fortaleza 32 8 11 13 28 32 16 6 6 4 14 10 16 2 5 9 14 22 -4 35
18 Goiás 32 7 8 17 33 54 16 4 4 8 16 28 16 3 4 9 17 26 -21 29
19 Coritiba 32 6 9 17 27 43 16 3 5 8 11 16 16 3 4 9 16 27 -16 27
20 Botafogo 32 4 11 17 27 51 16 2 5 9 13 24 16 2 6 8 14 27 -24 23

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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.