Sport Recife are impatient to add to their goals scored at home in the upcoming match against São Paulo.
- Sport Recife have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
- São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sport Recife have scored home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho. Two draws in a row at home now for Sport Recife.
Mikael was the last player to score a league goal for Sport Recife and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Recife haven't scored in 181 minutes.
No payout for Sport Recife in their previous match, an away game at Flamengo that ended in defeat 0-2. The goalie Mailson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.02 out of ten. Mailson stopped the opponent with eight saves. Mailson had a busy but productive day in the Flamengo match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bragantino that ended 0-0.The lack of attacking qualities in Recife means that they have only scored 2 goals in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Recife have conceded only 4 goals.
São Paulo form and stats
São Paulo have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Two away games in a row for Paulo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores. Midfielder Rodrigo Nestor was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Nestor dribled passed the opponent 7 of 7 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Gremio in the Serie A.After this away game Paulo return home for a Copa do Brasil game against Fortaleza. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Paulo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Sport Recife won one game, four matches ended with a tie and São Paulo got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  A. Ribeiro de Souza 2 goals |   I. Silveira Gomes 2 goals |  P. Teixeira 2 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Sport Recife | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| 75% | 57% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 81% |
| 31% | 14% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 19% | 14% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 44% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 56% | 71% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.1 | 11.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 19% | 12% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 19% |
- Sport Recife have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) 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 (12) in Serie A
- São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sport Recife have scored home.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Ceara | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Internacional | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Juventude | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Bahia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | São Paulo | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Fluminense | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Gremio | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 5 |