CAMPINAS. Guarani prevails over Sport Recife 3-1. Guarani got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Bruno Mendes (5′) and Bruninho (10′). Sport Recife tried to recover with a goal from Ronaldo Henrique (27′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (36′) scored by Matheus Barbosa for Guarani. Sport Recife was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa stadium in Campinas on Friday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio with the support of Anne Kesy Gomes de Sa and Leone Carvalho. The 4th official was Gustavo Holanda Souza. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.49 degrees Celsius or 74.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sport Recife had a strong ball possession 61% while Guarani was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sport Recife was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Guarani was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Guarani shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Sport Recife shot 19 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Guarani received 3 yellow cards (Diogo Mateus, Alan Santos and Derek Freitas). On the other side, Sport Recife received 1 yellow card (Fabinho).

Standings

After this match, Guarani will have 40 points like Juventude to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Sport Recife will stay with 45 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Guarani will play away against Atlético GO on the 24th of November with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Atlético GO (2 draws).

Sport Recife will host Atlético GO on the 6th of November with a 4-4 head to head.

Guarani – Formation

Guarani started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Umberto Lourenco Louzer Filho decided to play with the following team: Pegorari (7.0), Diogo Mateus (6.3), Alan Santos (6.8), Lucão (7.0), Mayk Silva (7.3), Bruno José (6.6), Matheus Barbosa (7.9), Lucas Araujo (6.7), João Victor (7.5), Bruno Mendes (7.1) and Bruninho (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Thomaz, Robson, Derek Freitas (6.3), Alexis Alvariño, Titi, Lucas Silva, Wenderson (6.8), Bernardo (6.4), Yan Henrique, Douglas Borges, Wálber and Caique (6.4).

Substitutions

Guarani made 5 changes: Bruninho for Bernardo (67′), Bruninho for Alan Ruiz (67′), Mayk Silva for Caique (74′), Bruno Mendes for Derek Freitas (74′) and Alan Santos for Wálber (81′).

Best player: Matheus Barbosa​

The most impressive player for Guarani was Matheus Barbosa.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 13 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Sport Recife – Formation

Sport Recife started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Enderson Alves Moreira played with: Renan (6.0), Ewerton (7.0), Rafael Thyere (6.3), Sabino (7.3), Victor Gabriel (6.1), Fabinho (6.4), Jorginho (6.7), Ronaldo Henrique (7.3), Edinho (6.6), Vágner Love (6.8) and Luciano Juba (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Alan Ruiz (7.0), Alisson Cassiano, Michel, Roberto Rosales, Facundo Labandeira (6.8), Chico, Fabio Matheus (6.7), Pedro, Jordan, Peglow (6.8), Felipe and Fabrício Daniel.

Substitutions

Sport Recife made 5 changes: Edinho for Facundo Labandeira (46′), Victor Gabriel for Peglow (46′), Fabinho for Fabio Matheus (61′), Ronaldo Henrique for Alan Ruiz (74′) and Vágner Love for Fabrício Daniel (85′).

Best player: Luciano Juba​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sport Recife was Luciano Juba.

His rating is (7.5) with 38 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• ABC – CRB – 1-2
• Juventude – Sampaio Corrêa – 0-0
• Ituano – Criciúma – 3-0
• Avaí – Tombense – 4-2
• Guarani – Sport Recife – 3-1