In this 13th week match, on Saturday Jun 18th, Sport Recife and Náutico will play a match in Recife in a meeting of these two Serie B teams in the ever popular Recife derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Náutico recorded a 0-2 loss against Sampaio Corrêa. Pimentinha struck first for Sampaio Corrêa in the 39th minute, then Gabriel Poveda added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Náutico couldn’t manage to score, and Sampaio Corrêa took the shutout win. Náutico is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Sport Recife is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Grêmio. Sport Recife had 16 on net, and Grêmio had 12, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Sport Recife is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Sport Recife hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ray Vanegas and L. Batista da Silva Junior, and they each have 1 goal. Náutico’s most prolific scorer has been Jean Carlos Vicente. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.