Ceará beat Sport Recife 2-1 in a Brasileiro Série B clash that turned late. Sport Recife controlled the ball with 60 per cent possession and 21 shots, yet it was Ceará who struck twice in the closing 17 minutes to take the points.
7.9RichardCeará · Goalkeeper4 savesCeará 2:1 Sport Recife — Match Report
Gary RedknappFootball AnalystMATCH REPORTFirst half0 - 0
- 40(Foul)
Second half2 - 1
- 46E. Lodovico
- 61VAR review (E. Lodovico)
- 86E. Lodovico(Foul)
- 88
- 90 + 5
Live Prediction
DrawLost2.06
CheckLive AI™ · Full-timeBETA
FT2–1C
+32.4Dominant
S
Draw
LostQuestions & Answers
What was the final score of Ceará vs Sport Recife?
Ceará 2-1 Sport Recife (Brasileiro Série B).
Who scored?
Luiz Otávio (73', assist Melk) for Ceará; Melk (88') for Ceará.
Was Ceará's win deserved?
It was close — an evenly matched game.
Were there any cards in Ceará vs Sport Recife?
Yellow cards: Nicolás Ferreira (Ceará); Enzo Lodovico (Ceará).
Where people bet the most today
$477K
Betting volume8.7K
bets- Belgium — FranceFrance to win · 447 bets→$170.7K1,122 bets
- Dominica — Puerto RicoLIVE · Puerto Rico to win · 82 bets→$66K949 bets
- Club León — Juárez FCLIVE · Double chance: X2 · 56 bets→$65.9K892 bets
- Trinidad and Tobago — Dominican RepublicLIVE · Over 0.5 goals · 49 bets→$36.7K1,065 bets
- Curaçao — NicaraguaLIVE · Over 5.5 goals · 18 bets→$28.3K592 bets
- Japan — VenezuelaJapan to win · 144 bets→$24K651 bets
- Deportivo Cali — Rionegro Águilas DoradasLIVE · Deportivo Cali to win · 48 bets→$22.9K306 bets
- Turkey — ItalyDouble chance: 1X · 322 bets→$15.3K707 bets
- Sweden — PolandSweden to win · 103 bets→$9.7K289 bets
- Georgia — UkraineUkraine to win · 68 bets→$8.8K210 bets
Head to Head meetings
Ceará – Sport Recife
Ceará
Sport Recife
- 8
Victories
- 3
Draws
- 4
Victories
| label | first team | second team |
|---|---|---|
Victories |  8 | 4  |
Scored goals | 16 | 16 |
Average per game | 1.07 | 1.07 |
The biggest victory | 2-0 | 0-2 |
Ceará
Sport Recife
Best statistical picks
Ceará – Sport Recife
Both teams scored in 7 of the last 9 matches
Goals over the last 10 matches favour Over 2.5
Sport Recife opened the score in 6 of the last 7 matches
Cards over the last 10 matches favour Over 4.5
Cards over the last 10 matches favour Under 4.5
AICheckLive AI Bot
Model verdict, form, head-to-head and live pressure for this match. Ask anything in Telegram.
Ask the AI bot about this matchOdds
| 1 | X | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.20 | 3.10 | 3.20 |
There is no enough info about formation in this moment. Checklive again later
◆ CheckLive verdict
Evenly matched
The league table splits this rivalry neatly: Ceará sit 17th and in the relegation zone, Sport Recife 8th and chasing promotion. Sport won the May meeting 2-0 and carry the better recent form, so CheckLive's read leans narrowly to the visitors.
Over 2.52.30
No clear favorite
Three CheckLive metrics
CheckForm
37.9
42
CheckSkill
50.1
54.4
CheckMental
28.6
39.1
CheckLive total41.5 vs 47+5.5
More match signals
Both teams to score — Yes57%1.91
Over 3.551%4.33
Home win — Ceará50%2.20
Today's market odds.
All both teams to score predictions →Frequently Asked Questions
Who will win between Ceará and Sport Recife?
Sport Recife look the pick — better form and a 2-0 May win over Ceará. Home advantage keeps it tight, and the historic head-to-head favours the hosts, so Ceará still carry genuine hopes of a point or more.
Who is in better form coming into this match?
Sport Recife have the edge: three wins in their last five with eight goals, while Ceará lost three of their last five. That gap, plus the 0-2 result in May, points toward the visitors.
Will both teams score in this Série B clash?
Both teams have been scoring — Sport Recife netted eight in their last five, Ceará five. The head-to-head averages three goals a game, so both sides finding the net looks a live possibility rather than a certainty.
Head to Head meetings
/
/
- 0
Victories
- 0
Draws
- 0
Victories
| label | first team | second team |
|---|---|---|
Victories |  0 | 0 |
Scored goals | 0 | 0 |
Average per game | 0 | 0 |
The biggest victory | 0 | 0 |
Odds
| 1 | X | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2.20 | 3.10 | 3.20 |