Serie A: Sport Recife are 6 points behind Internacional, but are motivated to go all in. Let's start!
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
- Internacional have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
This should be an absorbing game with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife's struggle is real here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho with only 7 points collected from 9 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-4. 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 seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Gremio match.
Stress levels are on the rise for Recife's attacking players as they have now played 451 minutes without scoring in a league game. Mikael was their last goal scorer. The Recife goalkeeper Mailson Tenorio dos Santos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 265 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Sport Recife travelled for their previous game, a trip to Atletico PR that ended 0-0. Defender Sander got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Sander won 4 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Chapecoense that ended 0-0.The lack of attacking qualities in Recife means that they have only scored 2 goals in 9 league home games, less than half a goal per match. 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 5 from 9 matches.
Internacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Internacional have produced an overall stat of 3-5-2 so far. Internacional has drawn their two previous away games.
Internacional are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Atlético GO (placed 8th). Defender Bruno Méndez was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Méndez won 1 of 5 duels.
A 2-2 draw at Santos's stadium before that.Internacional have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Internacional have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged result featuring both these contenders is the Internacional - Sport Recife 2-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Sport Recife wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Andrade dos Santos 8 goals |  Y. Monteiro da Silva 6 goals |   A. Ribeiro de Souza 2 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Internacional missing players
| Sport Recife | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 68% | 56% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 83% |
| 26% | 11% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | 67% |
| 16% | 11% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 44% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 30% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 21% | 11% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 56% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | 33% |
| 63% | 78% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | 28% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 10.8 | 12.9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 28% | 29% |
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Internacional have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
- Sport Recife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sport Recife have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie A
- 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 clean sheets (9) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the most matches under the total-line (15) 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Ceara | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Cuiabá | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Juventude | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Santos | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | São Paulo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 16 | Bahia | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Gremio | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 19 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 7 |