Ceará vs Sport RecifeResult, Lineups & H2H

Serie B

2026

Ceará

Luizão73'

Melk88'

-FT

Sep 05, 2026

Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo

Sport Recife

Marlon90+5'

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Melk

Ceará

Goals

Assists

8.1

Goal!

2-1

Marlon

90'+5·Sport Recife

⚽

89'Substitution

Giovanni Pavani· In

Matheus Araújo· Out

Ceará

Goal!

2-0

Melk

88'·Ceará

⚽

86'Yellow Card

Enzo Lodovico

Ceará

83'Substitution

Augusto Pucci· In

Marcelo Ajul· Out

Sport Recife

83'Substitution

Pedro Martins· In

Zé Gabriel· Out

Sport Recife

83'Substitution

Marlon· In

Chrystian Barletta· Out

Sport Recife

75'Substitution

Sánchez· In

Sávio· Out

Ceará

74'Substitution

Biel Fonseca· In

Willian Oliveira· Out

Sport Recife

Goal!

1-0

Luizão

73'·Ceará

⚽

64'Substitution

Clayson· In

Juan Alano· Out

Sport Recife

VAR

61'VAR Decision

Enzo Lodovico

Ceará

58'Substitution

Luiz Otávio · In

Gabriel Silva Rocha· Out

Ceará

46'Substitution

Enzo Lodovico· In

Nicolás Ferreira· Out

Ceará

46'Substitution

Vina· In

Wendel· Out

Ceará

40'Yellow Card

Nicolás Ferreira

Ceará

Statistics of the Game

Ceará

Sport 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

Ceará

Manager: Daniel Paulista

Starting XI

Richard Costa

6.9

Júlio César

6.6

Luizão

7.8

Gabriel Silva Rocha

6.5

Sávio

7.1

Zanocelo

6.6

João Gabriel

6.7

6.0

8.1

7.2

6.5

Substitutes

6.7

6.2

6.9

Gustavo Dias

Enzo Lodovico

6.9

Lenny Lobato

Aloísio Barbosa de Abreu Neto

Lucca

Sport Recife

Manager: Marquinhos

Starting XI

6.5

6.7

7.4

7.2

7.8

6.9

6.8

6.6

7.8

6.6

7.4

Substitutes

6.6

Murilo Rhikman

6.1

7.2

6.3

Augusto Pucci

6.1

Dudu Teodora

Zé Roberto

Player 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
Matheus Araújo MF	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
Richard Costa GK	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
Júlio César DF	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
Luiz Otávio DF	6.2	32'	0	0	0/1	3(33%)	-	1/3
Nicolás Ferreira MF	6.0	46'	0	0	-	17(76%)	2	3/14
Giovanni Pavani MF	-	1'	0	0	-	-	-	-

Ceará vs Sport Recife — computed insights

Ceará moved from 17th to 16th in the Serie B (Brazil) table with this result.(Out of the relegation places (bottom 4). Before kickoff: 17th, 28 points from 25 matches. After: 16th, 31 points from 26 matches; 20 teams.)
Melk's 88th-minute goal decided the match.(Score by goal: 73' 1-0, 88' 2-0, 90+5' 2-1.)
Ceará, 17th before kickoff, beat Sport Recife, who were 8th.(Table before kickoff: Ceará 28 points from 25 matches, Sport Recife 38 from 25.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Ceará	15	L1	0	1	0	4	6/15	5-7
Sport Recife	15	L1	0	1	9	1	9/15	8-5

Ceará — last 5 games

W2-0 vs Ponte Preta2026-08-07
L1-3 vs Cuiabá2026-08-15
L0-1 @ Náutico2026-08-19
W2-1 vs Londrina2026-08-22
L0-2 @ Vila Nova2026-08-30

Sport Recife — last 5 games

W1-0 @ Vila Nova2026-08-08
W2-1 vs Londrina2026-08-14
L1-2 @ Avaí2026-08-19
W3-0 vs América Mineiro2026-08-24
L1-2 @ Novorizontino2026-08-28

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 15
Period covered: 2013-08-13 – 2026-05-03
Ceará wins: 3
Draws: 6
Sport Recife wins: 6
Avg goals per meeting: 1.67
Over 2.5 goals: 33%
Both teams scored: 40%
Home side won: 60%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 2D 2L (Ceará view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.8 vs 1.67

Most recent meetings (5 of 15)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-05-03	Sport Recife	2-0	Ceará
2025-10-15	Sport Recife	1-1	Ceará
2025-07-10	Sport Recife	0-0	Ceará
2025-05-17	Ceará	2-0	Sport Recife
2024-10-08	Sport Recife	2-1	Ceará

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 257 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Ceará	17	25	28	-7	WLLWL	12	+5
Sport Recife	8	25	38	9	WWLWL	6	+2

Table context

Points gap: 10 ptsCeará 28 · Sport Recife 38
Positions: #17 vs #8
Goals per game: 1/1.28 vs 1.32/0.96scored/conceded per game · league average 1.15

How we calculate this

Previous Meetings

Last 15 matches

Won 20%

(3/15)

Draw 40%

(6/15)

Won 40%

(6/15)

Goals

11-14

Total matches

Recent matches (5/15)

Copa do Nordeste•Jul 10, 2025

Head to Head

Last 15 matches

Ceará wins

Draws

Sport Recife wins

Goals Scored

11 - 14

May 3, 2026 • Serie B

Sport Recife

2-0

Ceará

Oct 15, 2025 • Serie A

Sport Recife

1-1

Ceará

Jul 10, 2025 • Copa do Nordeste

Sport Recife

0-0

Ceará

Matchday 26 — Serie B

Match summary

Ceará beat Sport Recife 2-1 in the Serie B.

Ceará won with 40% of the possession.

More details:

Ceará — live results and schedule Sport Recife — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Ceará vs Sport Recife — computed insights

Previous Meetings

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/15)

Head to Head

Head to Head

Last 15 matches

Matchday 26 — Serie B

Match summary