Sport Recife take on the visitors Cruzeiro in the round 35 match of Brazilian Serie A. The match will be played on Thursday, November 17th at Estádio Ilha do Retiro (Recife).
Sport Recife improved their results in recent matches, recording three wins in their last four matches, beating Vitoria, 2-1, Ponte Preta, 1-0, and Gremio, 3-0. This series of nice results allowed the team to get out of relegation and move up to the 14th place in the league with 43 points after 34 matches played with 45-50 goal difference. The team still need points to secure their place in the top division for the next season as the hosts are five points above relegation zone with four matches remaining to play. The Lions took 32 points in 17 home matches, avoiding defeats at home since the middle of September, gaining 10 matches in four matches since then.
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Cruzeiro are also showing nice results recently and moved away from drop zone. The Foxes are right above the hosts on 13th place in Serie A standings with 44 points and 42-44 goal difference. Cruzeiro played 17 matches on the road and gained 20 points in those games.
Neither of the teams have advantage in recent head-to-heads. The revers fixture got Sport Recife 2-1 away win. Considering positive results of the hosts in recent matches at own arena, we can expect them to prevail in matches with equal opponents and at least extend their unbeaten home run to five matches.
Prediction for the match: Sport Recife to win with 0.0 Asian handicap.