Match Report
The table read 16th (Ceará, 31 pts) against 8th (Sport Recife, 38 pts), 7 points apart. Ceará ranked 11th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Ceará 1.04 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Sport Recife 1.31 and 1, with the league averaging 1.15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 3 Ceará wins, 6 for Sport Recife, 6 draws, at 1.67 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
With 100 matches recorded and 2.9 yellow cards per game, F. Rodrigues De Souza was the man in the middle. The venue was Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, with room for 63,908 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Ceará: Luizão (73'), Melk (88') · Sport Recife: Marlon (90')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 40% · Sport Recife 60% · Total shots: 15-21 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 9-9