Nervous top table potboiler in Serie B as Vitória have come the 497 miles necessary to meet Sport Recife at their Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho.
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Serie B
- Vitória have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Vitória have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The visiting Vitória played their last game only three days ago, a Serie B match.
Sport Recife form and stats
8-1-0 is the performance here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho so far in the Serie B, giving Sport Recife a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!
Sport Recife lost their last game at Atlético GO (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Midfield player Edinho got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Edinho scored one goal and hit five key passes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mirassol that ended 0-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sport Recife matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Recife as they are travelling to their away game against Sampaio Correa in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
The Sport Recife manager Moreira has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Recife have only let in {4 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vitória form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Vitória's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Vitória go into this game after a win, the home game against Novorizontino that ended 2-1. Gonçalves, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Gonçalves served one assist and hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, the Vitória manager Condé faced defeat when travelling to Vila Nova and losing 0-1.Vitória find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vitória are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Recife have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Vitória.The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Silva de Souza 9 goals |  Luciano 6 goals |   S. Tréllez Viveros 4 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Vitória missing players
| Sport Recife | Vitória | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 88% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 76% |
| 41% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 18% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 12% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 41% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 41% |
| 24% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 29% |
| 6.1 | 6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.1 | 14.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.6 | 14.6 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 36% | 41% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 12.5 | 12 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 15.3 | 13.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Sport Recife have not yet lost a game 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 at home.
- Sport Recife have the most points (25) at home in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals (20) at home in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Serie B
- Sport Recife have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Serie B
- Vitória have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vitória haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Criciuma | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Vitória | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Novorizontino | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Juventude | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Guarani | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Atlético GO | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Ceará | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | CRB | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Londrina | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | ABC | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Avai | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
