Sport Recife vs Cruzeiro Live Stream, Predictions (May 11)

📏 Form Guide

Sport Recife

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Sport Recife will be hoping to bounce back here after a 2-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Fluminense.

In that game, Sport Recife had 37% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sport Recife was Pablo (24'). At the other end, Fluminense had 20 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Kevin Serna (60') and Everaldo (97') scored for Fluminense.

Sport Recife have not been in good attacking form of late. Their goals record equals just 4 versus opponents during the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those games, Sport Recife have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 10. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, though.

Heading into this fixture, Sport Recife are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

Cruzeiro

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In their previous game, Cruzeiro drew 1-1 in the Copa Sudamericana tie with Mushuc Runa.

In that game, Cruzeiro had 62% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Cruzeiro was Lautaro Díaz (61'). On the other side, Mushuc Runa had 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

A succession of effective displays by the Cruzeiro defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings overall. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 6.

Analysis of their past results shows that Cruzeiro:

• have not emerged victorious against Sport Recife when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 21/05/2017 shows that Sport Recife have won 1 of these games and Cruzeiro 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

A sum of 13 goals were produced between them in these games, with 5 of them for Leão da Ilha and 8 for Celeste. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The last league game between the two was Serie B match day 34 on 09/10/2022 when it finished Sport Recife 3-1 Cruzeiro.

That day, Sport Recife had 32% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Chico (21') and Vágner Love (40').

For their opponents, Cruzeiro got 15 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Bruno Rodrigues (56') was the scorer.

📋 Team News: Sport Recife

It seems likely that Leão da Ilha look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 system and select Caíque França, Diogo Hereda, João Silva, Chico, Igor Carius, Du Queiroz, Ze Lucas, Chrystian Barletta, Christian Rivera, Rodrigo Atencio and Pablo.

ℹ️ Team News: Cruzeiro

We reckon that Celeste might elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Cassio, Fagner, Fabrício Bruno, Lucas Villalba, Kaiki, Walace, Lucas Silva, Christian Cardoso, Matheus Pereira, Wanderson and Kaio Jorge.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Cruzeiro have the ability to breach the defence of this Sport Recife team, however it possibly won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We think that it’s going to be a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Sport Recife after 90 minutes. Should be an interesting one.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the 90 minute result market, a win for Sport Recife can be had for 2.45, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.2 & taking a punt on a victory for Cruzeiro will get you 2.88. They are the most competitive prices offered at this very moment.

Lucas Pereira, 10:25 08/05/2025