Sport Recife vs Coritiba Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

These two sides are neck and neck in the table, with 30 points apiece. There is only 2 points separating the pair from the relegation zone though so it’s a genuine six-pointer, with the winners taking another leap towards safety while the losers will slip back into trouble.

With home advantage, Sport are the favourites to win this but they have only won 1 of their last 5 in the league. That was last weekend when they staged a dramatic late comeback to win the Recife derby against Santa Cruz 5-3 with two of their goals coming in stoppage time. They responded to that with a more mundane 1-0 defeat at Atletico Mineiro. They probably did well to keep it to 1-0 in truth, given they had goalkeeper Magrão sent off in the first half and were playing against one of the best attacks in the division.

Coritiba meanwhile are in fractionally the better form of the two and have just been accumulating enough points to creep towards safety. They’ve only lost 1 of their last 7 in the league but most of their good results have come at home where they drew 1-1 with Corinthians in midweek and hammered high-flying Gremio 4-0 the week before last. On the road they’ve won just once all season and that was in this city against lowly Santa Cruz. They’ve collected just 4 points from their other 11 away games though so they won’t travel here with much confidence.

Although the bookies seem to be just leaning towards a low-scoring game, this is one that has the potential to produce goals. Sport have only failed to score in 1 home game this season so there should be little question about them netting here but they did concede 3 times at home to one of the worst teams in the league last weekend and both teams have scored in 8 of their last 10 home league games.

Therefore backing Both Teams to Score at Evens looks a good idea here.