The standings reveals that 4 points divide the two combatants in this Serie B match. Sport Recife hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Brusque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Brusque when visiting Sport Recife as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
The home team returns to Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho after drawing with Nautico (placed 17th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Juba (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Juba hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Recife hosted Gremio and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sport Recife have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Sport Recife are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Cruzeiro awaits in three days.
Recife have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Brusque form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brusque so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). Momentum is building for Brusque in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Brusque play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Criciúma (placed 10th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Dias when Crislan scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Santos was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Santos won 6 of 8 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Ituano before that.We have checked recent matches where Brusque have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Brusque are hosting Bahia in the Serie B only three days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Brusque have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. de Oliveira 10 goals | F. Marques Maciel 5 goals |  J. Parraguez Herrera 4 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Brusque missing players
| Sport Recife | Brusque | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 54% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 5.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 5.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 14.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.9 | 10.9 |
| 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 19% | 22% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 13.8 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11 |
| 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Brusque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brusque haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sport Recife 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 at home.
- Sport Recife have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Bahia | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Gremio | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Tombense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | CRB | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Brusque | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Operario PR | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Criciúma | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Sampaio Correa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Londrina | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Chapecoense | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | CSA | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Ituano | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Novorizontino | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Nautico | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 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 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
