Exciting top table cliff-hanger in Serie B as Sport Recife have come the 1242 miles needed to duel with Cruzeiro at their Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Recife have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sport Recife have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sport Recife could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only three sleeps ago.
Cruzeiro form and stats
This stadium, Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, has been a fortress for Cruzeiro in the Serie B so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0.
The followers are hoping that Cruzeiro will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Copa do Brasil fixture against Fluminense. Brock was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.73 out of 10. The defender Brock won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ponte Preta.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cruzeiro matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat (from 6 games).
Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cruzeiro as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie B match thankfully also at home. Vila Nova are visiting.
A decent goal production from Cruzeiro in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-2 (7 played). Recife have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Sport Recife's last game was the home draw against Brusque (0-0). Juba got a match rating of 8.22 in that game, top player of the team. Juba hit six key passes.
Before that, Recife travelled to Náutico and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sport Recife when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.
Goals are few and far between in Sport Recife's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. Recife are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cruzeiro five wins, four draws and Sport Recife one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Parraguez Herrera 4 goals |  J. Flores dos Reis 3 goals |  Luciano 2 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Cruzeiro | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 6.7 | 7.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 5.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 14.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10 | 12.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 17% |
| 8.8 | 8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 16 | 13.6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
- Cruzeiro have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Recife have scored away.
- Cruzeiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Bahia | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Tombense | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Criciúma | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Londrina | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | CRB | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Brusque | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Operario PR | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Sampaio Correa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | CSA | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Ituano | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 17 | Náutico | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 19 | Guarani | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
