Match Report
CSA (7th, 11 pts) visited Santa Cruz (16th, 3 pts) with 8 points between them. In league terms the two rates read 0.38/1.38 for Santa Cruz and 1.25/1.13 for CSA (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.05.
7 matches unbeaten backed CSA's arrival, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Santa Cruz wins, 1 for CSA, 1 draw, at 2.75 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel in Recife (capacity 60,044). Half-time and full-time told different stories: CSA led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.