Match summary
Ceará beat Sport Recife 2-1 in the Serie B.
Ceará won with 40% of the possession.
Ceará vs Sport RecifeResult, Lineups & H2H
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo
Ceará vs Sport Recife in numbers
What stands outUpdated 2026-09-27
- Ceará moved from 17th to 16th in the Serie B (Brazil) table with this result.Out of the relegation places (bottom 4 per the official standings rules). Table rebuilt from 257 results before kickoff and 258 after it; 20 teams; 31 points after 26 matches.
- Melk's 88th-minute goal decided the match.Ceará's goal 2 of 2 put them ahead for good; the goal timeline matches the 2-1 final score.
- Ceará, 17th before kickoff, beat Sport Recife, who were 8th.Pre-kickoff table rebuilt from 257 earlier results of this stage: Ceará 28 points from 25, Sport Recife 38 from 25.
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Ceará2W 0D 3L
CearáSport Recife
6Pointsof 159
5Goals scored8
7Goals conceded5
1Clean sheets2
0Scored in a row9
1Without a win1
4Conceded in a row1
Head to head15 meetings · Aug 2013 – May 2026
- Ceará wins
- 3
- Draws
- 6
- Sport Recife wins
- 6
1.67goals per meeting
40%both teams scored
33%3+ goals
60%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsCeará 1W 2D 2L · 1.8 goals per game
Meetings
- Serie BSport Recife2-0Ceará
- Serie ASport Recife1-1Ceará
- Copa do NordesteSport Recife0-0Ceará
- Serie ACeará2-0Sport Recife
- Serie BSport Recife2-1Ceará
Show all 15 meetings
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 257 earlier results
CearáSport Recife
#17Position#8
28Points25 v 25 games38
-7Goal difference+9
1Scored per gameleague avg 1.151.32
1.28Conceded per game0.96
#12Form table position#6
Match Timeline
CearáSport Recife
- 90+5'Goal · Sport Recife · Marlon2-1
- Substitution · Ceará · Giovanni Pavani · InOut: Matheus Araújo89'
- Goal · Ceará · Melk2-088'
- Yellow Card · Ceará · Enzo Lodovico86'
- 83'Substitution · Sport Recife · Augusto Pucci · InOut: Marcelo Ajul
- 83'Substitution · Sport Recife · Pedro Martins · InOut: Zé Gabriel
- 83'Substitution · Sport Recife · Marlon · InOut: Chrystian Barletta
- 75'
- 74'Substitution · Sport Recife · Biel Fonseca · InOut: Willian Oliveira
- Goal · Ceará · Luizão1-073'
- 64'Substitution · Sport Recife · Clayson · InOut: Juan Alano
- VAR Decision · Ceará · Enzo LodovicoVAR Decision61'
- Substitution · Ceará · Luiz Otávio · InOut: Gabriel Silva Rocha58'
- Substitution · Ceará · Enzo Lodovico · InOut: Nicolás Ferreira46'
- 46'
- Yellow Card · Ceará · Nicolás Ferreira40'
Match Statistics
Match stats
CearáSport Recife
40%Ball Possession60%
15Shots Total21
4Shots On Target5
9Corners9
16Fouls7
2Yellow Cards0
2Offsides1
4Saves1
291Passes446
4Shots Off Target10
86Attacks95
40Dangerous Attacks40
10Shots Inside Box10
5Shots Outside Box11
2Goals1
7Free Kicks16
7Shots Blocked6
5Substitutions5
1Hit Woodwork1
18Tackles13
225Accurate Passes372
26Total Crosses22
4Accurate Crosses6
5Interceptions10
40Duels Won52
3Big Chances Created1
1Big Chances Missed1
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-2-3-1 · 4-2-3-1
Manager: Daniel Paulista
Starting XI
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GR
Gabriel Silva Rocha6.5
-
JG
João Gabriel6.7
Substitutes
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GD
Gustavo Dias-
EL
Enzo Lodovico6.9
-
AN
Aloísio Barbosa de Abreu NetoPlayer Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melk MF | 8.1 | 90' | 1 | 1 | 2/4 | 25(80%) | - | 2/8 |
Luizão DF | 7.8 | 90' | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 30(80%) | - | 6/7 |
| 7.2 | 89' | 0 | 0 | - | 17(76%) | 5 | 6/11 | |
Sávio DF | 7.1 | 75' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 21(76%) | 2 | 4/4 |
Vina MF | 6.9 | 44' | 0 | 0 | 1/4 | 11(91%) | - | 1/2 |
| 6.9 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 26(42%) | - | - | |
Enzo Lodovico FW | 6.9 | 44' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 15(93%) | - | 1/3 |
João Gabriel MF | 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 27(72%) | 3 | 6/13 |
Sánchez DF | 6.7 | 15' | 0 | 0 | - | 1(100%) | 1 | 2/3 |
| 6.6 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 42(88%) | 1 | 1/4 | |
Zanocelo MF | 6.6 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 29(75%) | 3 | 4/9 |
Wendel FW | 6.5 | 46' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 6(67%) | 1 | 2/8 |
Gabriel Silva Rocha DF | 6.5 | 58' | 0 | 0 | - | 21(95%) | - | 1/3 |
| 6.2 | 32' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 3(33%) | - | 1/3 | |
| 6.0 | 46' | 0 | 0 | - | 17(76%) | 2 | 3/14 | |
| - | 1' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |