📊 Form Guide

Ceará

WLDLWD ⚖

Ceará will play in this fixture following a 0-0 Serie A tied result vs Santos.

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

LLLDLL 📉

After suffering a loss in their previous game against Cruzeiro in Serie A competition, Sport Recife and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Sport Recife had 45% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Sport Recife was Igor Cariús (8' Own goal). Cruzeiro got 17 attempts at 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 duels stretching back to 25/07/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Ceará winning 2 of those games, Sport Recife 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

11 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 from Vovô and 6 coming from Leão da Ilha. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 30 on 08/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Sport Recife 2-1 Ceará.

In that match, Sport Recife managed 51% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. The goals were scored by Chrystian Barletta (60') and Wellington Silva (94').

At the other end, Ceará had 14 shots on goal with 3 on target.

📰 Team News: Ceará

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

We are thinking that Vovô may well employ a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Fernando Miguel, Fabiano, Marllon, Willian Machado, Matheus Bahia, Lourenço, Dieguinho, Antonio Galeano, Lucas Mugni, Pedro Henrique and Pedro Raul.

📋 Team News: Sport Recife

From our viewpoint, Leão da Ilha could decide to elect for a 3-5-2 formation by sending out 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.

Renata Leite, 18:04 17/05/2025