Preview
- As week 9 of the 2025 Serie A arrives, Ceará take on Sport Recife at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo on 2025-05-17 (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
- With the data available to us, Leonardo Condé and António Oliveira have not met as managers before.
- The current standings see Ceará hold 6th place with 12 points, while Sport Recife occupy 20th with 2 points.
- Ceará have 8 players out: Aylon (Hamstring Injury), Bruno Ferreira (Hip Injury), Fernando Sobral (Yellow Cards), Fernandinho (Shoulder Injury), Gabriel Lacerda (Inactive), Luiz Otavio (Knee Injury), Richard (Achilles Tendon Injury), Richardson (Heel Injury) while Sport Recife have 3 players missing: G. Paciencia (Injury), Ze Roberto (Knee Injury), Rafael Thyere (Injury).
- We're predicting Ceará to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Sport Recife are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- In their last outing, Ceará's highest-rated performer was Willian Machado (7.5), while Sport Recife's standout was Pablo (7).
- Ceará were held to a 0-0 draw with Santos, and Sport Recife then lost 0-4 to Cruzeiro.
- Struggling form all round: Ceará are 1-2-2 and Sport Recife are 0-1-4 in their recent 5 matches.
- Sport Recife lead this rivalry - 10 wins from 24 matches versus Ceará (who've won just 8 games), alongside 6 draws.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (3-1-0 vs 0-1-3) and scoring roughly 1.50-0.25 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Ceara
Sport Recife
Events
| 9' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 11' | Fabiano | ||
| 20' | C. Rivera | ||
| 45+2' | Igor Carius | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 61' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 63' | |||
| 63' | Du QueirozZe Lucas | ||
| 71' | Guilherme LuizPedro Henrique | ||
| 71' | |||
| 76' | |||
| 77' | |||
| 78' | Dalbert | ||
| 83' | S. Oliveira | ||
| 85' | |||
Stats
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Standings
Ceara is going head to head with Sport Recife on 17/5/2025 19:00 GMT at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo for the Brazil Serie A. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Ceara v Sport Recife H2H statistics!