📊 Form Guide
Fortaleza LLLLWL
Fortaleza will be hoping to bounce back here following a 4-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Palmeiras.
In that game, Fortaleza had 34% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Fortaleza was Crispim (23'). For their opponents, Palmeiras had 23 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Veiga (10'), Ramón Sosa (57') and Andreas Pereira (82', 89') scored for Palmeiras.
It’s been seldom in recent times that Fortaleza have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Fortaleza have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals in the process. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.
Coming into this fixture, Fortaleza have not lost a league tie with Sport Recife in their previous 3 matches.
Sport Recife WDLLDW ⚖
Sport Recife will go into the match following a 1-0 Serie A win to defeat Corinthians in their last game.
In that game, Sport Recife managed 41% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Sport Recife was Matheusinho (49'). At the other end, Corinthians got 19 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.
In the course of their six most recent matches, Daniel Paulista's Sport Recife have had reason to celebrate scoring 7 times therefore yielding them a goals per game average of 1.17.
Heading into this contest, Sport Recife haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
The last league contest between these sides was Serie A match day 6 on 26/04/2025 when it ended Sport Recife 0-0 Fortaleza.
In that game, Sport Recife had 58% possession and 16 shots on goal with 8 on target.
On the other side, Fortaleza had 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
The match was refereed by Matheus Delgado Candançan.
ℹ️ Team News: Fortaleza
Moisés (Thigh problems), José Herrera (Inner ligament stretch of the knee), Marcelo Benevenuto (Hamstring injury), Benjamín Kuscevic (Hamstring injury), Tinga (Groin problems) and João Ricardo (Shoulder injury) won’t be available for Fortaleza boss Martín Palermo.
In all likelihood, Fortaleza could use the 4-2-3-1 system for this game featuring Helton Leite, Eros Mancuso, Benjamin Kuscevic, Gaston Avila, Bruno Pacheco, Lucas Sasha, Matheus Pereira, Yago Pikachu, Lucas Crispim, Breno Lopes and Juan Martin Lucero.
📋 Team News: Sport Recife
It’s our belief that Leão da Ilha might make use of a 4-3-3 formation, settling for Gabriel, Aderlan, Rafael Thyere, Ramon Menezes, Luan Cândido, Lucas Lima, Christian Rivera, Pedro Augusto, Matheusinho, Derik Lacerda and Léo Pereira.
✨ Prediction
In this game, Fortaleza should really score at least once when they line up against Sport Recife, who could well struggle scoring a goal of their own.
We can therefore see a 2-0 victory for Fortaleza when the full-time whistle blows.
Peter Guest, 18:01 27/09/2025