A important game as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sport Recife in 6th position and Vila Nova at 3rd, this promises to be a thriling duel. Read on to find out more!
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals (14) at home in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for Vila Nova when visiting Sport Recife as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Recife and Vila Nova.
Sport Recife form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Sport Recife at their home stadium (Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Ever since the Guarani game Sport Recife has been unbeatable here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho producing six straight wins.
The Recife followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Vila Nova and win 1-0. Love, an attacker, was the top player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 7.42 (out of 10). Love scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Ponte Preta that finished 1-1.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 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Goals are plentiful at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in the league this season as Sport Recife has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. 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 5 matches.
Vila Nova form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
619 minutes! That's how long the Vila Nova goalkeeper Denis De Oliveira Aguiar Junior and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There might be some fixture complaints from Vila Nova as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Sport Recife. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfield player Lourenço was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.22/10. Lourenço hit three key passes.
A draw for Vila before that, at their own venue hosting Guarani (0-0).Stats flash: 10 of the latest 11 league matches involving this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
Vila Nova are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Vila are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {2 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Sport Recife have put together a sequence of 11 consecutive games without defeat (5-6-0) when playing Vila Nova.The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Silva de Souza 7 goals |  Luciano 4 goals |   G. Parede Pinheiro 4 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Vila Nova missing players
| Sport Recife | Vila Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 73% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 45% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 17% | 17% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 17.2 | 18.4 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 43% | 52% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 23% |
| 12.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14.3 | 12.1 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
- 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 scored goals (14) at home in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the the best goal difference (+10) 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.
- Vila Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest points from losing position (-2) in Serie B
- Vila Nova haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Novorizontino | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Vitoria | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Criciuma | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Mirassol | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | Ceara | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Juventude | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | CRB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Londrina | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Tombense | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Avai | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | ABC | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 6 |
