The season has been a struggle for Sport Recife so far, and the same description fits Juventude. These hardened teams hope for some much needed points here.
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (10) in Serie A
- Juventude have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
It's no vacation for neither Sport Recife nor Juventude as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Juventude have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sport Recife form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Sport Recife have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho. With nine home Serie A games in a row without a win, the Recife fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Gremio game long ago, can be stopped today.
A strong away win for Recife against Gremio the last match, as Gustavo and Mikael were on target. Midfielder Hernanes was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Hernanes hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Fortaleza that was lost 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Sport Recife perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sport Recife as a small favourite), we find nine games. Recife has won three of these, drawn two and lost four.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Recife as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Corinthians are visiting.
Sport Recife have scored 2 goals here in 11 league matches, a depressing statistic. 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 have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Juventude form and stats
Juventude have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-6-4 (11 played).
Juventude are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Palmeiras (placed 2nd). Michel Macedo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Macedo hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Santos.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Juventude playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Juventude wins, five draws and four defeats.
After this away game Juventude return home for a Serie A game against America Mineiro. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Juventude have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported result featuring both these sides is the Juventude - Recife 1-0 played previously this season. Last three meetings between these squads: Recife won one, Juventude were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Bueno da Silva 5 goals |  G. Castilho Carvalho 3 goals |  M. Viana de Sousa 2 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Juventude missing players
| Sport Recife | Juventude | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 74% | 64% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 96% |
| 30% | 9% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 74% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 52% |
| 39% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 26% |
| 65% | 82% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 26% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 6.3 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | 13.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 15% | 6% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 24% | 27% |
- Juventude have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Juventude have scored more than double the goals of Sport Recife.
- Juventude have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
- Juventude have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Serie A
- Juventude have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sport Recife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (10) in Serie A
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (2) at home 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 (17) 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 | Atlético Mineiro | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 49 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Internacional | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Atlético GO | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Ceara | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | America Mineiro | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Juventude | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Bahia | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Gremio | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -18 | 11 |