Serie B · 2026

Sport Recife vs Fortaleza · Serie B

vsPre-match analysis

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored
1.321.11
Expected goals
1.451.25
Shots
14.114.4
Possession
55.1%48.7%

30-second read

What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: fortaleza's away-only shot average is below their full-season average. Alongside it: sport Recife's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Sport Recife's recent record differs from the season

weak

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

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.32 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 for1.6 goals/match1.32 goals/match1.14 goals/match

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

Fortaleza have a visible away split

moderate

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

11.6 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season14.4 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: away

MetricAway onlySeasonBaseline
Shots11.6 shots/match14.4 shots/match13.7 shots/match

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

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sport Recife favored in 3 of 13 directional metrics · Fortaleza in 4 · 6 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Sport Recife28 matchesFortaleza28 matches
1.32 goals/match ▲Goals scored28/281.11 goals/match
1 goal/matchGoals allowed28/28▲ 0.82 goals/match
1.45 xG/match ▲Expected goals28/281.25 xG/match
14.1 shots/matchShots28/2714.4 shots/match
4.25 shots/matchShots on target28/274.3 shots/match
55.1% ●Possession28/2748.7%
4.89 corners/matchCorners28/27● 5.48 corners/match
13.3 fouls/matchFouls28/2714.8 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Sport Recife
1Draws
2Fortaleza
Fortaleza — Sport Recife · Serie B2–1
Fortaleza — Sport Recife · Serie A1–0
Sport Recife — Fortaleza · Serie A0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples28 / 28home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness33 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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