Week 38 brings us a match on Dec 10th where Sport Recife hosts Athletico PR at Estádio Adelmar Da Costa Carvalho in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 19th placed Sport Recife, recorded a 1-1 draw against Flamengo. Delgado de Oliveira struck first for Flamengo in the 40th minute, then Silva de Oliveira tied it up for Sport Recife in the 51st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Sport Recife. Sport Recife looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Athletico PR, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cuiabá. Pedro Rocha scored the first goal for Athletico PR in the 58th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Cuiabá was frustrated by Athletico PR’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Athletico PR ended the match with the shutout victory. Athletico PR is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Sep 5th, Athletico PR and Sport Recife battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Athletico PR nor Sport Recife could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Athletico PR hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are David Terans and Pedro Rocha, and they each have 1 goal. Mikael has been the most prolific scorer on Sport Recife in his last five matches with two goals.