Match Report
9 points and 8 places separated them: Novorizontino 1st with 50, Sport Recife 9th with 41. Sport Recife's recent output lagged their position: 13th on form over five rounds while 9th in the table. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, Novorizontino ran at 1.71 scored and 0.89 conceded, Sport Recife at 1.33 and 0.96.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Novorizontino win, 3 for Sport Recife, 0 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting.
Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi, capacity 14,096, hosted the game. M. Lima Barbosa took charge of the match — our records show 59 games refereed with an average of 3.7 yellow cards per game. Novorizontino led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Novorizontino: Rômulo (41'), Matheus Bianqui (77') · Sport Recife: Perotti (90')
Key stats
Possession: Novorizontino 41% · Sport Recife 59% · Total shots: 24-13 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 9-3