Serie B match prediction: Little separates Guarani and Sport Recife in quality

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa (32453 seats)

Match week two of the Serie B season and the contenders have taken their learnings from the first game. Here's our Guarani - Sport Recife pre-match guide:

Sport Recife have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Guarani 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.

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Guarani form and stats

In the previous season, Guarani's league statistics were 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, producing 3rd place in the Paulista A1. During these twelve matches they scored 12 goals and conceded 17. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Guarani managed 3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 8 conceded.

The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Sport Recife last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfielder César was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. César hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Heartbreak before that as Guarani lost 0-1 at Brusque's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Guarani have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn three and lost four.

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Sport Recife form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sport Recife performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 11 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 11/24 goals scored/conceded.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Guarani (placed 19th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Sabino was the best team player with a rating of 7.21. Sabino won 3 of 4 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Sampaio Corrêa.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Sport Recife in our archives, and the results are: one win for Sport Recife, one draw and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

Guarani-Sport Recife H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Guarani two wins, Sport Recife three wins, two draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sport RecifeR. Vanegas Zúñiga
R. Vanegas Zúñiga
1 goals

Guarani missing players

Sport Recife missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Guarani Sport Recife
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
5.5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 6
2.5 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5
3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 9
6.5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
 
9.5 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 13
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 4.5
Guarani Last season Sport Recife
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
13 6   Played P   19 38
4 3   Won W   4 9
3 1   Drew D   4 11
6 2   Lost L   11 18
13 10   Scored S   11 24
18 8   Conceded C   24 37
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 82%
85% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 42%
46% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 26%
8% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 8%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
46% 67%   BTTS BTTS   32% 29%
15% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 37%
46% 17%   Failed to Score F T   53% 53%
 
3.9 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
5.2 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 6.3
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
1 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.9 10   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 12.5
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.6
27% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 18%
 
13 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   17.8 15.4
5.5 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bahia 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Operario PR 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
3 Chapecoense 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Londrina 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
5 Criciuma 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sport Recife 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brusque 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Cruzeiro 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Tombense 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Ituano 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Vila Nova 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Vasco da Gama 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 CSA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Novorizontino 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sampaio Corrêa 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Gremio 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Ponte Preta 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
18 CRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Guarani 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Nautico 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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 Corinthians 12 7 2 3 19 9 6 4 1 1 12 3 6 3 1 2 7 6 10 23
2 Inter de Limeira 12 3 5 4 14 16 6 2 3 1 8 5 6 1 2 3 6 11 -2 14
3 Guarani 12 4 2 6 12 17 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 1 1 4 2 9 -5 14
4 Agua Santa 12 3 2 7 11 15 6 1 2 3 6 8 6 2 0 4 5 7 -4 11
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 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atlético GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceara 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bahia 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Operario PR 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
3 Chapecoense 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
4 Londrina 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
5 Criciuma 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sport Recife 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brusque 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Cruzeiro 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Tombense 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Ituano 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Vila Nova 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Vasco da Gama 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 CSA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Novorizontino 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sampaio Corrêa 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Gremio 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Ponte Preta 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
18 CRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Guarani 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Nautico 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.