Home advantage could prove decisive in Sport Recife - Guarani battle

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Guarani, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.

Sport Recife and Guarani should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Sport Recife form and stats

Sport Recife have performed here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho this season with 5 wins from 9 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

The supporters are hoping that Recife will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the match against Sampaio Correa (placed 7th). The first defeat after going undefeated through four league fixtures. Midfielder Giovanni was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Giovanni served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that, Sport Recife drew at home versus Vila Nova.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Recife handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 17 latest league matches shows that 13 of them had goals from both sides.

Sport Recife aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, Sport Recife have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Guarani form and stats

Guarani have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-4 (9 played). Guarani has drawn their two previous away games.

Guarani played 1-1 against Brusque in their previous match. As mentioned above, Guarani drew the match against Brusque. Manager Junior brought on Mateus to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Mateus, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.2. Mateus scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Chapecoense.

We have checked recent matches where Guarani have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this club's last 17 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Guarani as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Guarani have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended Guarani - Recife 0-0, played this season. Sport Recife-Guarani H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Sport Recife three wins, Guarani two wins, three draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Parraguez Herrera 4 goals

J. Flores dos Reis 3 goals

Luciano 2 goals

Sport Recife missing players

Guarani missing players