Match Report
The table read 1st (Sport Recife, 12 pts) against 5th (Maranhão, 1 pts), 11 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Maranhão: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Sport Recife were scoring 2.2 and conceding 0.6, Maranhão 0.8 and 2.8, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Sport Recife carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Sport Recife had taken 11 of 15 points to Maranhão's 4.
Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, capacity 32,500, hosted the game. Sport Recife led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 5-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sport Recife: Carlos de Pena (27'), Clayson (90'), Gustavo Maia (44'), Iury Castilho (80'), Chrystian Barletta (86')
Key stats
Possession: Sport Recife 59% · Maranhão 41% · Total shots: 24-8 · On target: 9-3 · Corners: 6-3