In this week 20 match, on Sat Jul 23rd, Sampaio Corrêa hosts Sport Recife in a clash of the Serie B. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Sampaio Corrêa is fresh off their 3-1 win against Vasco da Gama. Gabriel Poveda scored the first goal for Sampaio Corrêa in the 20th minute, then Ygor Catatau added another in the 58th minute. Sampaio Corrêa is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while sport Recife sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Vila Nova. Neither Sport Recife nor Vila Nova could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 2 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Sport Recife is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Sport Recife and Sampaio Corrêa last played eachother at the Estádio Adelmar Da Costa Carvalho on Apr 9th. Sport Recife was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ray Vanegas struck first for Sport Recife in the 89th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sampaio Corrêa couldn’t muster any offence and Sport Recife ran away with the shutout win.
Sport Recife is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kayke and Bortolotto each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Sampaio Corrêa is fortunate enough to have Ygor Catatau in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.