Corinthians vs Sport Recife Predictions

Sunday’s Brazilian Serie A action sees Corinthians and Sport Recife doing battle. The hosts are expected to end their winless streak by claiming all 3 points on home soil.

New Corinthians boss Jair Ventura didn’t kick off his reign in the greatest of manner, losing 1-0 at arch rivals Palmeiras last weekend but a 0-0 draw at Flamengo in a midweek Copa do Brasil semi final, first leg clash certainly ranked as improvement  and he and his side will now have recording victory in their sights coming into this one.

Timao will be hoping Ventura can do a better job of replacing Fabio Carille than Osmar Loss did, with the reigning champions currently languishing down in 10th place, some 19 points behind leaders Internacional and just 6 points above the drop zone. Nonetheless, for all their struggles, Corinthians have still remained a fairly powerful outfit on their own patch, having lost just once in Serie A action and that should leave confidence high ahead of kick off on Sunday.

Meanwhile, visiting Sport Recife are in all kinds of trouble and look like playing Serie B football next season, unless they improve massively in the action left to play. Sport had actually made a promising start to the campaign but have been in complete free-fall for a number of months now, currently third bottom and 1 point adrift of safety after losing 9 of their last 12 league outings.

Whilst Leão have generally remained quite competitive on home soil throughout the year, it’s been an entirely different story on their travels and that has to be a huge worry ahead of this trip. Eduardo Baptista’s troops have now lost a staggering 7 games in a row on enemy territory and having also fell to defeat in 9 of their 12 away outings overall this season, their prospects look very bleak as regards taking something home with them.

Ultimately, this is a match Corinthians simply have to be winning and it’s hard to envisage them failing to see off a Sport outfit that has shown no resolve on the road whatsoever. Whilst Corinthians aren’t in any immediate danger, they need to put a few more points on the board to stay away from the bottom four and motivation should still be high in home ranks, with continental places still to fight for.

Corinthians’ squad is still a talented one and if Ventura can get it to click once again, results should begin to improve. This fixture looks the perfect opportunity for the side to taste success once again and for that exact reason, we’re more than happy to back them winning at current prices. Sport really are in a wretched state, especially on their travels and having failed to even so much as score in 5 of their last 7 trips, a play on a Corinthians win to nil also appeals, with a 2-0 margin of home victory on the cards.