Red Bull Bragantino are the guests at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho on Wednesday for the Serie A tie with home side Sport Recife.
View all of the Sport Recife v Red Bull Bragantino predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest match odds.
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Sport Recife
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Sport Recife will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 3-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Vasco da Gama.
In that match, Sport Recife managed 54% possession and 18 shots at goal with 2 on target. Vasco da Gama got 10 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Pablo Vegetti (32', 41'), Hugo Moura (55' Own goal) and Rayan (83') scored for Vasco da Gama.
In their preceding six games, Pepa Marques da Costa's Sport Recife have hit the target a total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.
Going into this encounter, Sport Recife have not beaten Red Bull Bragantino in their last 4 matches in the league.
Red Bull Bragantino
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Red Bull Bragantino head into the clash after a 1-0 Serie A win with the eclipse of Botafogo in their last outing.
In that match, Red Bull Bragantino managed 37% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Red Bull Bragantino was Eduardo Sasha (5'). Botafogo got 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
Red Bull Bragantino have been good when going forward in their most recent fixtures, scoring 11 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Fernardo Seabra will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Red Bull Bragantino have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same games.
Coming into this clash, Red Bull Bragantino have not lost to Sport Recife when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 06/05/2019 shows us that Sport Recife have won 1 of them and Red Bull Bragantino 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.
A sum of 10 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for Leão da Ilha and 7 netted by Leão da Zona. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The previous league clash between the two was Serie A match day 34 on 28/10/2021 which finished with the scoreline of Red Bull Bragantino 3-0 Sport Recife.
That time, Red Bull Bragantino had 45% possession and 16 shots on goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by Ytalo (3') and Tomás Cuello (87').
Sport Recife had 18 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Chico (50' Own goal) scored.
The referee was Bruno Arleu.
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Team News: Red Bull Bragantino
Red Bull Bragantino manager Fernardo Seabra has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Nathan Mendes (Thigh problems), Fabinho (Hamstring injury), Fernando (Tendonitis), Agustín Sant'Anna (Thigh problems) and Matheus Fernandes (Thigh problems) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
In our view, Red Bull Bragantino are certainly able to put a goal past this Sport Recife outfit, however that isn’t expected to be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Sport Recife when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Regarding the current betting odds on the 90 minute result market, a win for Sport Recife is available for 2.2, going for the draw is 3.4 & taking a punt on the winner to be Red Bull Bragantino is 3.3. These are the most competitive market prices being offered as of now.
Peter Guest,
09:09 16/04/2025
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)
Captain: Rafael Thyere
Chairman: Yuri Romão
Manager: Pepa Marques da Costa
Competitions: Serie A position 17