Match Report
Coritiba, 13th on 50 points, faced a 16-point deficit to Sport Recife (3rd, 66). Sport Recife ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Sport Recife 1.5 scored and 0.97 conceded per game, Coritiba 1.08 and 1.16, with the league averaging 1.09.
GioScore's database holds 16 meetings between the two: 8 for Sport Recife, 4 for Coritiba and 4 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 31% of the meetings went beyond two goals. The last five meetings averaged 3.2 goals, well above the all-time 2.38.
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco in Recife, capacity 46,154, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.