Match preview: 16 points stand between the sides up until now, Sport Recife having done best. Will Chapecoense shorten the gap?
- Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sport Recife, who are travelling more than 3500 kilometers to play this game.
These are full days for the hometeam, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie B. This match was also played here at Arena Condá. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sport Recife have had more rest.
Chapecoense form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Chapecoense have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Arena Condá.
Chapecoense drew their last game, also a home match. Criciúma (placed 5th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. The forward Neto edged out all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 8.01 out of 10. Neto scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with ABC the opponent.Sports gamblers who like staking for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
There will be little rest for Chapecoense after this match as they are travelling to Tombense for a Serie B game in only three days.
Chapecoense have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot.
Sport Recife form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
Sport Recife have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Renan dos Santos. It's been 249 minutes since they last conceded in Serie B.
Sport Recife had fun at their own home (Arena Condá) last time out, beating Juventude 3-0. Juba, Love and Filipinho scored. The attacker Love got a match rating of 8.6 in that game. Love scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Vila Nova.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Recife as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Sport Recife are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sport Recife have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Chapecoense.The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Silva de Souza 9 goals |  Luciano 5 goals |   B. dos Santos Nazário 3 goals |
Chapecoense missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Chapecoense | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 77% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 50% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 54% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 38% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 17% |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15.9 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.6 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 25% | 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 40% |
| 15.7 | 16.4 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
- Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B
- Chapecoense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Chapecoense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Novorizontino | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Vitoria | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 5 | Criciúma | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | Ceara | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Juventude | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Ituano | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | CRB | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Sampaio Correa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Londrina | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 18 | Avai | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | Tombense | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | ABC | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 6 |
