Week 34 brings us a match on Oct 9th, where Sport Recife will host Cruzeiro at Estádio Adelmar Da Costa Carvalho in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. Sport Recife is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Brusque. Wanderson scored the first goal 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, Brusque couldn’t muster any offence and Sport Recife ran away with the shutout win. Sport Recife should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Cruzeiro recorded a 4-1 win against Ponte Preta. Felipe Amaral Casarin Damasceno scored the first goal for Ponte Preta in the 18th minute, then in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time, Luiz Felipe da Rosa Machado sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Zé Ivaldo But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 67th minute on a goal by Edu. Cruzeiro is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
On the 29th of June, Cruzeiro hosted Sport Recife at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in their last match together. Cruzeiro won by a score of 2 to 1. Kayke scored the first goal for Sport Recife in the 19th minute, then Sabino tied it up for Cruzeiro on an own goal in the 26th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 43rd minute on a goal by de Melo Araujo Junior to cap off a wild match.
Cruzeiro’s most prolific scorer has been Edu. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Gustavo Lopes and Vagner Love are the top scorers for Sport Recife in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.