This should be an absorbing fixture as CRB have their expected home advantage, while Sport Recife lead them by 13 points in the Serie B standings.
- CRB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals (25) in Serie B
It's no vacation for neither CRB nor Sport Recife 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.
CRB form and stats
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for CRB so far this season.
A nice win for CRB last time playing, versus Londrina. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Romão and Renato scoring for the victors. Ramon, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 7.62 (out of 10). Ramon hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Criciuma.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for CRB as they are travelling to their away game against Chapecoense in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
The CRB fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. On the other hand, CRB have conceded 9 goals.
Sport Recife form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Sport Recife, who have the most scored goals (25) in Serie B, have produced an overall stat of 1-4-1 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Sport Recife, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The fans enjoyed Sport Recife's previous game versus Ceara (placed 11th), a 2-0 win played at home. Juba got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Juba scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Sport Recife travelled to Chapecoense and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.After this away game Recife return home for a Serie B game against Mirassol. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Sport Recife when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Sport Recife as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five CRB victories, one draw and four Sport Recife wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Silva de Souza 9 goals |  Luciano 6 goals |   J. da Silva Junior 4 goals |
CRB missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| CRB | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 79% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 43% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 14.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 10.2 | 12.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 4.5 |
| 28% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 17.2 | 16.3 | 19.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
- CRB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals (25) in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie B
- Sport Recife is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Criciuma | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Juventude | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Botafogo SP | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Guarani | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Ceara | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | CRB | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Sampaio Correa | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Ituano | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Tombense | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Londrina | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | Avai | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
