The season is still fairly new and the Serie A table has to be read with caution. So far Sport Recife find themselves in 16th position and São Paulo are placed 13th.
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 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sport Recife form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sport Recife's two home games in the Serie A so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho.
The Sport Recife crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Santos here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in a Serie A match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Atlético GO that finished 1-1.
At Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, Sport Recife has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
São Paulo form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Serie A ended in defeat. Last season São Paulo had these away match statistics: Played 6; won 3, drew 1 and lost 2.
Paulo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Bahia (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Prior to that match, the Paulo manager F. Diniz Silva faced defeat when travelling to Vasco da Gama and losing 1-2.
As mentioned above, Paulo drew the match against Bahia. Manager F. Diniz Silva brought on Luciano to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A new game in only three days for São Paulo, the Serie A home match versus Athletico PR. Busy days.
1 goal so far away for São Paulo, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Recife victories, four draws and four São Paulo wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Rodrigues Brandão 2 goals |  I. Maidana Martins 1 goals | J. Gómez 1 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Sport Recife | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 51 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| Sport Recife | Last season | São Paulo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | ||
| 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | ||
| 67% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | ||
| 42% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | ||
| 17% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | ||
| 42% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | ||
| 58% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 139 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 247 | ||
| 51 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 99 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 21% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Internacional | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Bahia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Santos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Goiás | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Ceará | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sport Recife | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Academica Vitoria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Petrolina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 4 | Decisao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | São Paulo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 14 |