Playing at their own ground is safe and good for Sampaio Corrêa, but Sport Recife are fully set and able to win. Who wins?
- Sampaio Corrêa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for Sport Recife when visiting Sampaio Corrêa as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Sampaio Corrêa 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.
Sampaio Corrêa form and stats
Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Sampaio Corrêa are 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 203 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ytalo was the last player to find the net.
The regulars are hoping that Sampaio will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Avaí (placed 19th). Henrique was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Henrique won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ituano that ended 0-0.It should be added that a glance at the 13 latest league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Sampaio Corrêa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Sport Recife form and stats
There's been little loot from Sport Recife's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Serie B. Sport Recife only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws. Recife has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Vitória with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ewerton, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.14. Ewerton hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Atlético GO's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sport Recife as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Sport Recife have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings featuring these participants: Sampaio won three, Sport Recife were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Silva de Souza 9 goals |  Luciano 6 goals |   Y. Oliveira dos Santos 4 goals |
Sampaio Corrêa missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Sampaio Corrêa | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 28% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 39% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 18.6 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.8 | 13.3 |
| 3.6 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 20% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 25% | 36% |
| 12.6 | 11.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 12.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Sampaio Corrêa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sampaio Corrêa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sport Recife have scored more than double the goals of Sampaio Corrêa.
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (16) 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 | Vitória | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Ceará | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Juventude | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Atlético GO | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Corrêa | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Londrina | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Avaí | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | ABC | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
