Football match preview: Sport Recife vs Santos

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35020 seats)

Sport Recife are hosting Santos for yet another vital fixture following their 0-1 result against 9th-placed Cuiabá.

Insights:
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (14) in Serie A
  • Santos have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Sport Recife's results here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the Serie A have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Recife has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Recife lost their last game at Cuiabá (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Sport Recife's goalkeeper Mailson was extremely busy against Cuiabá, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Defender Sabino got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Sabino won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that, Recife had a home game versus Corinthians which ended with a victory 1-0.

Recife has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 6 goals from 13 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 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 8 from 13 matches.

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Santos form and stats

Santos have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-5-7 (13 played).

Santos lost away at Atletico Mineiro (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. João Paulo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.03. Paulo saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with four saves.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Gremio.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santos as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Santos have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Santos - Recife 0-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Recife victories, three draws and four Santos wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SantosC. Sánchez Arcosa
C. Sánchez Arcosa
4 goals
SantosM. Santos Costa
M. Santos Costa
4 goals
SantosM. de Almeida Santos Matos
M. de Almeida Santos Matos
4 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Santos missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sport Recife Santos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 13 25
6 3 2 Won W 1 1 6
8 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
12 6 0 Lost L 2 7 9
14 6 4 Scored S 3 11 23
22 8 1 Conceded C 8 23 32
77% 69% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 80%
31% 15% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 77% 64%
23% 15% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 54% 44%
8% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 28%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
23% 15% 25% BTTS BTTS 20% 54% 40%
38% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 40% 15% 36%
62% 69% 50% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 44%
 
3.9 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.2 5.7
6 5.8 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4
2.4 2.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.9 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 13.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.2 13.2
3.2 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.8 3.8
17% 13% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 22% 24%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santos have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (14) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie A
  • Sport Recife have the most matches under the total-line (19) 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 25 17 5 3 41 17 12 10 1 1 26 7 13 7 4 2 15 10 24 56
2 Flamengo 23 14 3 6 46 21 12 8 0 4 22 13 11 6 3 2 24 8 25 45
3 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 29 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 5 3 5 15 16 4 42
4 Bragantino 25 10 11 4 40 29 13 3 8 2 19 17 12 7 3 2 21 12 11 41
5 Palmeiras 25 12 4 9 37 32 13 7 2 4 23 21 12 5 2 5 14 11 5 40
6 Corinthians 26 10 10 6 28 23 13 5 4 4 17 15 13 5 6 2 11 8 5 40
7 Internacional 25 10 9 6 34 26 12 6 3 3 20 13 13 4 6 3 14 13 8 39
8 Atletico PR 25 10 4 11 32 32 12 6 3 3 18 15 13 4 1 8 14 17 0 34
9 Cuiabá 26 7 13 6 26 26 14 4 5 5 14 17 12 3 8 1 12 9 0 34
10 Fluminense 25 8 9 8 24 27 13 5 5 3 12 12 12 3 4 5 12 15 -3 33
11 Atletico GO 25 7 10 8 20 23 12 2 7 3 7 10 13 5 3 5 13 13 -3 31
12 America Mineiro 26 7 10 9 25 29 13 5 4 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 13 20 -4 31
13 Sao Paulo 26 6 13 7 21 26 13 3 8 2 11 10 13 3 5 5 10 16 -5 31
14 Ceará 24 6 12 6 22 25 12 6 5 1 15 8 12 0 7 5 7 17 -3 30
15 Juventude 26 6 10 10 25 33 13 5 4 4 14 14 13 1 6 6 11 19 -8 28
16 Santos 25 6 10 9 23 32 12 5 5 2 12 9 13 1 5 7 11 23 -9 28
17 Bahia 25 7 6 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 13 3 3 7 13 21 -10 27
18 Sport Recife 26 6 8 12 14 22 13 3 4 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 26
19 Gremio 24 6 5 13 20 28 12 3 5 4 12 11 12 3 0 9 8 17 -8 23
20 Chapecoense 26 1 10 15 23 44 13 0 5 8 9 21 13 1 5 7 14 23 -21 13

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 Atletico Mineiro 25 17 5 3 41 17 12 10 1 1 26 7 13 7 4 2 15 10 24 56
2 Flamengo 23 14 3 6 46 21 12 8 0 4 22 13 11 6 3 2 24 8 25 45
3 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 29 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 5 3 5 15 16 4 42
4 Bragantino 25 10 11 4 40 29 13 3 8 2 19 17 12 7 3 2 21 12 11 41
5 Palmeiras 25 12 4 9 37 32 13 7 2 4 23 21 12 5 2 5 14 11 5 40
6 Corinthians 26 10 10 6 28 23 13 5 4 4 17 15 13 5 6 2 11 8 5 40
7 Internacional 25 10 9 6 34 26 12 6 3 3 20 13 13 4 6 3 14 13 8 39
8 Atletico PR 25 10 4 11 32 32 12 6 3 3 18 15 13 4 1 8 14 17 0 34
9 Cuiabá 26 7 13 6 26 26 14 4 5 5 14 17 12 3 8 1 12 9 0 34
10 Fluminense 25 8 9 8 24 27 13 5 5 3 12 12 12 3 4 5 12 15 -3 33
11 Atletico GO 25 7 10 8 20 23 12 2 7 3 7 10 13 5 3 5 13 13 -3 31
12 America Mineiro 26 7 10 9 25 29 13 5 4 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 13 20 -4 31
13 Sao Paulo 26 6 13 7 21 26 13 3 8 2 11 10 13 3 5 5 10 16 -5 31
14 Ceará 24 6 12 6 22 25 12 6 5 1 15 8 12 0 7 5 7 17 -3 30
15 Juventude 26 6 10 10 25 33 13 5 4 4 14 14 13 1 6 6 11 19 -8 28
16 Santos 25 6 10 9 23 32 12 5 5 2 12 9 13 1 5 7 11 23 -9 28
17 Bahia 25 7 6 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 13 3 3 7 13 21 -10 27
18 Sport Recife 26 6 8 12 14 22 13 3 4 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 26
19 Gremio 24 6 5 13 20 28 12 3 5 4 12 11 12 3 0 9 8 17 -8 23
20 Chapecoense 26 1 10 15 23 44 13 0 5 8 9 21 13 1 5 7 14 23 -21 13

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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.