The Serie B meeting at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho on Friday will see home team Sport Recife locking horns with Botafogo-SP.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Sport Recife v Botafogo-SP, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
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Sport Recife
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Sport Recife will be looking for an improved result here after the 1-0 Serie B losing effort in their last game against Criciuma.
Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Sport Recife have been involved. With regard to the goal weighting during this period, opposition teams scored a total of 5 while Sport Recife totted up 5.
Botafogo-SP
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Botafogo-SP will go into this encounter following on from a 1-0 Serie B win vs Avaí in their previous match.
For Botafogo-SP, the scorers were Morelli (28'), Hygor (54') and Brey (80'). Silva (58') was the scorer for Avaí.
A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Botafogo-SP has become apparent of late. A glance at their last six outings reveals that it’s occurred 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 3 and Botafogo-SP have scored 4. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Ahead of this meeting, Botafogo-SP haven't won against Sport Recife when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
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Head to head
A study of past results between these clubs going back to 17/08/2019 reveals that these encounters have not been kind to Botafogo-SP. They have not managed to get any victories at all while Sport Recife have been superior, getting wins in 67% of those match-ups.
A total of 16 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 from Leão da Ilha and 3 coming from Botafogo-SP. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
The last league match between these clubs was Serie B match day 32 on 20/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Sport Recife 3-1 Botafogo-SP.
In that match, Sport Recife managed 55% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Fabricio Domínguez (20'), Barletta (30') and Julián Fernández (75').
For their opponents, Botafogo-SP got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Bernardo Schappo (62') scored.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Botafogo-SP have enough to find the back of the net against this Sport Recife lineup, however that possibly won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We reckon that it will be a 2-1 victory for Sport Recife at the end of this one. It’s a very tough call.
Andre Moura,
03:02 07/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Sport Recife
Formed: 1905
Stadium: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35,020)
Chairman: Yuri Romão
Manager: Márcio Goiano
Competitions: Serie B position 8