Serie A · 2025Estadio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho

Sport Recife 2–2 Santos · Serie A

2–2Historical match

Santos

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

Match at a glance

Sport Recife and Santos drew 2–2.

Shots
169
Shots on target
45
Possession
41%59%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sport Recife and Santos drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Sport Recife – Santos): shots 16–9, shots on target 4–5, possession 41%–59%, corners 4–3. 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.

Santos's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Santos's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.94 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.4 goals/match0.94 goals/match1.07 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

moderate

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Sport Recife, Santos.

2.88 days ▲Rest daysSport Recife · Santos2.88 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricSport RecifeSantosBaseline
Rest days2.88 days2.88 days—
Matches last 14 days3 matches3 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Santos have a visible away split

moderate

Santos's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

9.11 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season12.1 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

MetricAway onlySeasonBaseline
Shots9.11 shots/match12.1 shots/match13.1 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots16 shots9 shotsSport Recife 16 shots, Santos 9 shots
  • Shots on target4 shots5 shotsSport Recife 4 shots, Santos 5 shots
  • Possession41%59%Sport Recife 41%, Santos 59%
  • Corners4 corners3 cornersSport Recife 4 corners, Santos 3 corners
  • Fouls25 fouls17 foulsSport Recife 25 fouls, Santos 17 fouls
  • Yellow cards3 cards1 cardSport Recife 3 cards, Santos 1 card
  • Passes330 passes485 passesSport Recife 330 passes, Santos 485 passes
  • Pass accuracy79%86%Sport Recife 79%, Santos 86%
  • Shots inside box13 shots6 shotsSport Recife 13 shots, Santos 6 shots
  • Blocked shots5 blocks3 blocksSport Recife 5 blocks, Santos 3 blocks
  • Goalkeeper saves3 saves3 savesSport Recife 3 saves, Santos 3 saves
  • Offsides4 offsides3 offsidesSport Recife 4 offsides, Santos 3 offsides

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Sport Recife
1Draws
0Santos
Sport Recife — Santos · Serie B2–1
Santos — Sport Recife · Serie B1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sport Recife favored in 4 of 11 directional metrics · Santos in 4 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Sport Recife15 matchesSantos16 matches
0.6 goals/matchGoals scored15/16▲ 0.94 goals/match
1.67 goals/matchGoals allowed15/16▲ 1.31 goals/match
13.7 shots/match ▲Shots15/1612.1 shots/match
4.33 shots/match ▲Shots on target15/163 shots/match
48.4%Possession15/16● 48.6%
6.6 corners/match ●Corners15/164.56 corners/match
2.47 cards/matchCards15/162.88 cards/match
14.9 fouls/matchFouls15/1614.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples15 / 16home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • 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, 27 Jul 2025, 01:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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