The standings tells us that 7 points separate the two two sets of gladiators in this Serie B game. Sport Recife own both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Serie B
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Ceará could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.
Sport Recife form and stats
Home games in the Serie B have been a walk in the park for Sport Recife so far, with 21 points won from 7 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Ever since the Guarani game Sport Recife has been unbeatable here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho producing seven straight wins.
Sport Recife travelled for their previous game, a trip to Chapecoense that ended 1-1. Sabino was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Sabino hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that, Recife had a home game versus Juventude which ended with a victory 3-0.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 16 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Sport Recife are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at CRB awaits in three days.
Recife are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 7 games). Sport Recife are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ceará collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Serie B. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
There were no winners in Ceará's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Avai (placed 18th). Midfielder Erick was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Erick hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sampaio Correa that ended 1-1.Ceará are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Ceará's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sport Recife won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Ceará have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Silva de Souza 9 goals |  Luciano 5 goals |   E. de Arruda Serafim 5 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Ceará missing players
| Sport Recife | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 77% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 46% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 15 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12 | 13.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 45% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | 25% |
| 13.4 | 13 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 18.4 | 15.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ceará have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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.
- Sport Recife have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sport Recife have the most points (21) at home in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals (18) at home in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Serie B
- Sport Recife have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sport Recife haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Vila Nova | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Vitória | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Guarani | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Juventude | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Ceará | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Ituano | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | CRB | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Londrina | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | Avai | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 19 | Tombense | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | ABC | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
