17th- against 10th place might not sound all that sexy. Here's the information that makes Sport Recife - Fluminense (even) more interesting!
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Serie A
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sport Recife have scored home.
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 Fluminense.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fluminense, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
Sport Recife form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Sport Recife have to build on here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the Serie A.
An away draw last time out for Sport Recife, facing Atletico GO in a game that ended 1-1. Sabino was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.61 out of 10. The defender Sabino won 5 of 6 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Palmeiras that was lost 0-1.The lack of attacking qualities in Recife means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. As for guarding their own goal, Sport Recife have only let in 2 goals at home.
Fluminense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Fluminense have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marcos Felipe de Freitas Monteiro. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.
There were no winners in Fluminense's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Ceara (placed 9th). Defender Nino was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Nino won 5 of 11 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Flamengo.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fluminense manager R. Machado Marques as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Cerro Porteno.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Fluminense as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sport Recife won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Fluminense has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. de Oliveira 2 goals |  S. Bortolotto 1 goals | M. Almeida Silva 1 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Sport Recife | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.6 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9 | 10.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 22% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 19% |
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sport Recife have scored home.
- Sport Recife have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the most matches under the total-line (7) 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 | Palmeiras | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Bahia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Atletico GO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Ceara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Fluminense | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Flamengo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Juventude | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Internacional | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | São Paulo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 2 |