Match Report
In the standings it was Santa Cruz 1st on 20 points, Sport Recife 4th on 15 — separated by 5. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Cruz 1.56 scored and 0.44 conceded per game, Sport Recife 1.89 and 0.89, with the league averaging 1.17.
Sport Recife came in having won three on the spin.
9 meetings are on record — 1 won by Santa Cruz, 5 by Sport Recife, 3 drawn, at 2.44 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.6 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.44 all-time.
The venue was Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel in Recife, with room for 60,044 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.