📊 Form Guide

Sport Recife

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Sport Recife go into this fixture after a 0-0 Serie A draw vs São Paulo.

In that game, Sport Recife managed 35% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, São Paulo had 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Their latest results highlight the fact that there has been much resilience in the Sport Recife defence. Sport Recife have been mean at the back, with the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their previous six games standing at 4.

Pre-game facts show that Sport Recife:

• are winless against Palmeiras in their previous 5 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Palmeiras

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Palmeiras come into this game following a 2-3 Copa Libertadores win over Sporting Cristal in their previous game.

In that match, Palmeiras managed 60% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Palmeiras, the scorers were Joaquín Piquerez (82') and Richard Ríos (90'). Sporting Cristal had 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Jesús Pretell (67') and Martin Távara (84') scored for Sporting Cristal.

Abel Ferreira's Palmeiras have found the back of the net 5 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 5.

Pre-game facts show that Palmeiras:

• remain unbeaten by Sport Recife when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 26/05/2018 shows that Sport Recife have won 1 of these games & Palmeiras 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 of them for Leão da Ilha and 9 netted by Verdão. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Serie A match day 28 on 26/10/2021 when the final score was Palmeiras 2-1 Sport Recife.

In that game, Palmeiras managed 65% possession and 36 shots on goal with 15 of them on target. Goals were scored by Luiz Adriano (53') and Felipe Melo (81').

Sport Recife got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Leandro Barcia (4') scored.

The match was refereed by Wagner do Nascimento.

🗞️ Team News: Palmeiras

Palmeiras boss Abel Ferreira has a number of players out of action. Mauricio (Shoulder injury), Aníbal Moreno (Shoulder injury), Raphael Veiga (Lumbar vertebra problems), Paulinho (Cracked bone), Bruno Rodrigues (Knee injury), Mayke (Hamstring injury) and Marcos Rocha (Hamstring injury) won’t be making appearances.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Sport Recife will do well to see themselves scoring against this Palmeiras outfit who we think should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

That’s why our selection here is for a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Palmeiras after 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Victor Martins, 21:01 06/04/2025