Playing at their own ground is comfortable and nice for Sport Recife, but Fortaleza are fully motivated and able to win this one. What happens today?
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sport Recife form and stats
With 1 Serie A win, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Sport Recife are certainly not brimming with confidence. Recife are slowly digging their own grave here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Gremio match.
Mikael was the last player to score a league goal for Sport Recife and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sport Recife haven't scored in 631 minutes.
Recife are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Atletico Mineiro. Mailson had a busy but productive day in the Atletico Mineiro match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. The goalie Mailson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.35 out of ten. Mailson stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Internacional that was lost 0-1.Recife has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sport 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 6 from 10 matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Recent form does not give Fortaleza much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Sport Recife will be a tough nut to crack.
M. de Vargas was the last player to score for the away team. Fortaleza haven't scored a league goal in the last 196 minutes.
Fortaleza play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Internacional (placed 7th). Late heartbreak for Fortaleza in the Internacional match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Marcelo Benevenuto, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Benevenuto won 6 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Sao Paulo.Fortaleza find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Fortaleza in these games.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the contenders met previously this season; Fortaleza - Recife 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Recife victories, two draws and four Fortaleza wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. dos Santos Fernandes 7 goals | G. Souza Lisboa 5 goals | D. Correia da Fonseca 4 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Sport Recife | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 71% | 60% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 86% |
| 29% | 10% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 62% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 43% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 19% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 52% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 38% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 24% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 13 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 14.6 | 15.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 32% |
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortaleza have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
- Sport Recife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Serie A
- Sport Recife is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Internacional | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Ceará | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Bahia | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Juventude | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Gremio | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 10 |