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Serie A · 2025Estádio do Maracanã

Fluminense 2–1 Sport Recife · Serie A

2–1Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Fluminense won 2–1.

Shots
2011
Shots on target
85
Possession
63%37%

Full time

What the match recorded

Fluminense beat Sport Recife 2–1. Recorded in this match (Fluminense – Sport Recife): shots 20–11, shots on target 8–5, possession 63%–37%, corners 10–6. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

5.29 corners/matchCornersFluminense · Sport Recife● 6.14 corners/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

MetricFluminenseSport RecifeBaseline
Corners5.29 corners/match6.14 corners/match4.67 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Fluminense have recorded the higher season possession share.

57.3% ●PossessionFluminense · Sport Recife48.3%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.0 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricFluminenseSport RecifeBaseline
Possession57.3%48.3%49.4%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots20 shots11 shotsFluminense 20 shots, Sport Recife 11 shots
  • Shots on target8 shots5 shotsFluminense 8 shots, Sport Recife 5 shots
  • Possession63%37%Fluminense 63%, Sport Recife 37%
  • Corners10 corners6 cornersFluminense 10 corners, Sport Recife 6 corners
  • Fouls12 fouls13 foulsFluminense 12 fouls, Sport Recife 13 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card5 cardsFluminense 1 card, Sport Recife 5 cards
  • Passes539 passes326 passesFluminense 539 passes, Sport Recife 326 passes
  • Pass accuracy84%75%Fluminense 84%, Sport Recife 75%
  • Shots inside box16 shots11 shotsFluminense 16 shots, Sport Recife 11 shots
  • Blocked shots4 blocks4 blocksFluminense 4 blocks, Sport Recife 4 blocks
  • Goalkeeper saves4 saves6 savesFluminense 4 saves, Sport Recife 6 saves
  • Offsides0 offsides6 offsidesFluminense 0 offsides, Sport Recife 6 offsides

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Fluminense favored in 8 of 11 directional metrics · Sport Recife in 1 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Fluminense7 matchesSport Recife7 matches
1.14 goals/match ▲Goals scored7/70.57 goals/match
1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed7/71.43 goals/match
12.9 shots/matchShots7/713.3 shots/match
4 shots/match ▲Shots on target7/73.71 shots/match
57.3% ●Possession7/748.3%
5.29 corners/matchCorners7/7● 6.14 corners/match
1.43 cards/matchCards7/72.71 cards/match
11.7 fouls/matchFouls7/714 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples7 / 7home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 4 May 2025, 01:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Serie A

Goals per match rankingShots per match rankingShots on target per match ranking
TeamsFluminenseSport Recife
CompetitionSerie ASerie A 2025
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