Ceará vs Sport Recife Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📏 Form Guide

Ceará

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Ceará prepare for this match after a 0-0 Serie A stalemate versus Santos.

In that match, Ceará had 33% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Santos got 14 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Ceará have been involved. Regarding the goal split during that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 4 while Ceará managed a tally of 4. That pattern might not follow through into this game, though.

Their past results show that Ceará:

• have not won against Sport Recife in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 12 home league matches. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Sport Recife

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Since being beaten in their last game against Cruzeiro in Serie A competition, Sport Recife will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Sport Recife managed 45% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sport Recife was Igor Cariús (8' Own goal). On the other side, Cruzeiro got 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Kaio Jorge (18') and Matheus Pereira (45', 53') scored for Cruzeiro.

The forward players for Sport Recife have suffered from a lack of goals over their previous six games, netting the poor return of just 3. In those fixtures, Leão da Ilha have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 12.

Coming into this meeting, Sport Recife haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 25/07/2021, both clubs have shared the honours with Ceará winning 2 of those games, Sport Recife 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A combined sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 5 of them from Vovô and 6 created by Leão da Ilha. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Serie B match day 30 on 08/10/2024 and the score finished Sport Recife 2-1 Ceará.

In that game, Sport Recife managed 51% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorers were Chrystian Barletta (60') and Wellington Silva (94').

On the other side, Ceará had 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

📰 Team News: Ceará

Bruno (Hip flexor problems), Richard (Achilles tendon rupture), Richardson (Heel spur), Luiz Otávio (Torn knee ligaments), Aylon (Hamstring injury) and Fernandinho (Shoulder injury) will not be taking part for Ceará boss Leo Condé.

We think that Vovô look set to line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Fernando Miguel, Fabiano, Marllon, Willian Machado, Matheus Bahia, Matheus Araujo, Dieguinho, Antonio Galeano, Lucas Mugni, Pedro Henrique and Pedro Raul.

🗞️ Team News: Sport Recife

We’re of the thinking that Leão da Ilha seem likely to make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, choosing Caíque França, Antônio Carlos, João Silva, Chico, Diogo Hereda, Christian Rivera, Du Queiroz, Lucas Lima, Igor Carius, Chrystian Barletta and Pablo.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Sport Recife will need to put in a solid display to score goals against this Ceará side who we reckon will gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning score for Ceará at the end of the 90.

We’ll see what happens.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds on the win-draw-win market, victory for Ceará can be had for 1.9, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.25 and selecting a victory for Sport Recife gets you 4.5. These are the most competitive market prices on offer at this very moment.

Renata Leite, 00:03 17/05/2025