Vila Nova are the guests at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho on Friday for the Serie B tie with home team Sport Recife.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Sport Recife v Vila Nova, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Sport Recife
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Sport Recife are hoping to win again after their last result, the 2-3 Serie B victory vs Amazonas.
For Sport Recife, the goalscorers were Romarinho (31'), Gustavo Coutinho (49') and Luciano Castán (70'). Jô (90') scored for Amazonas.
Enderson Moreira's Sport Recife have managed to score a sum total of 12 times in their preceding six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 5.
Vila Nova
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Vila Nova will go into the game after a 2-0 Serie B win vs Guarani in their last outing.
In that match, Vila Nova managed 48% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Vila Nova was Junior Todinho (56'). Guarani got 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target.
Showing their fondness for productive matches, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the previous six matches in which Vila Nova have taken to the pitch, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per meeting. Their opponents have hit 7 of this grand total. Even so, time will tell if that pattern shall continue on in this match.
Coming into this fixture, Vila Nova have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 21/08/2019 shows that Sport Recife have won 3 of them & Vila Nova 0, with the tally of drawn results being 3.
Goals were few and far between in those games, too, with a sum of 4 scored between them overall.
The last league encounter between these sides was Serie B match day 21 on 03/08/2023 which ended up with the score at Vila Nova 0-1 Sport Recife.
That day, Vila Nova managed 61% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 on target.
For their opponents, Sport Recife had 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Luciano Juba (69') was the scorer.
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Team News: Sport Recife
The Sport Recife boss Enderson Moreira will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all before this game with a fully healthy group to pick from.
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Team News: Vila Nova
Due to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Vila Nova manager Higo Magalhães does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this clash.
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Prediction
We feel that in this game, Sport Recife will likely score a couple of goals when they meet Vila Nova, who won’t find it easy to score themselves.
We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Sport Recife at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
23:14 23/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Sport Recife
Formed: 1905
Stadium: Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho (35,020)
Captain: Rafael Thyere
Chairman: Yuri Romão
Manager: Enderson Moreira
Competitions: Serie B position 3, Copa do Brasil (Third Round)