About Match
The table reads 9th (Sport Recife, 38 pts) against 1st (Juventude, 47 pts), 9 points apart. The last five rounds place Juventude no better than 6th for form, against 1st in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Sport Recife 1.31 scored and 1 conceded per game, Juventude 1.08 and 0.58, with the league averaging 1.15. Sport Recife would climb to 41 points with a win and up to 7th (other results held equal).
Juventude have not lost in 6 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 Sport Recife wins, 4 for Juventude, 1 draw, at 2.43 goals per meeting.
Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho in Recife stages the fixture, a ground that holds 32,500.