Guarani have come here for an engaging fight against the hosts Sport Recife. Get ready for the match with this thorough Serie B preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Recife nor Guarani 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.
Sport Recife form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie B game here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sport Recife last season were 13 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 19 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Renan dos Santos not having conceded a league goal in 290 minutes.
Sport Recife's last game was hosting Guarani (placed 4th) and winning 2-0. Thyere was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.73 out of 10. The defender Thyere scored two goals and won 2 of 5 duels.
Before that game, a home win against Ceara (after extra-time) in the Copa do Nordeste. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sport Recife's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Sport Recife has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Guarani form and stats
Things could have gone better for Guarani in their Serie B away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Mateus was the last player to score for the away team. Guarani haven't scored a league goal in the last 225 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Guarani as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Sport Recife. Lucão, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Lucão hit one key pass and won 3 of 7 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Juventude before that.Guarani have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Sport Recife and Guarani have met earlier this season: Sport Recife - Guarani 2-0. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Recife won five, Guarani triumphed in two and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Albuquerque Marques 2 goals |   D. Freitas Ribeiro 2 goals |  B. Pereira da Silva 1 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Guarani missing players
| Sport Recife | Guarani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 40% |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 6.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 22 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 44% |
| 12.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 19 | 18.2 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| Sport Recife | Last season | Guarani | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 29 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | ||
| 31 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 79% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 34% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 47% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 39% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 43% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 27% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 12.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Criciuma | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Vitoria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Guarani | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Botafogo SP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Atletico GO | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Novorizontino | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Mirassol | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Ituano | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Avai | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Chapecoense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Sport Recife | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Tombense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Ceara | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Londrina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Juventude | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | CRB | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | ABC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
