Santos vs Sport Recife betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on August 02th, 2024

A Serie B match between Santos and Sport Recife will hold on August 02th, 2024, Friday at 00:30h (UTC), in Brazil, check the Santos vs Sport Recife betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santos vs Sport Recife will occur

The game will be played in the small Estádio Urbano Caldeira stadium, in the city of Santos, with a capacity for 16798 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Santos vs Sport Recife betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie B has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.15 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Santos last match

Santos in its last official match drew (1-1) against CRB, in a match valid for Serie B. Coach F. Carille's lined up a 4-1-4-1 formation.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 2.80.

One of the best on the field of Santos was certainly Julio Furch, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Sport Recife last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie B, Sport Recife, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Ponte Preta team with a final score of 3-1.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.53.

Santos vs Sport Recife h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Sport Recife occupied 19th place in Serie A and, team Santos the 17th place. Sport Recife entered the field with the tactic 4-2-3-1, while Santos arranged their formation in a 3-4-1-2.

During the football season of 2021, these Serie A teams played against each other on 17-10-2021 in a duly contested game that ended in a 0-0 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Santos

Serie B leaderboard now

The Santos team with 33 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses.

This means that Novorizontino team, in 2nd place, is close behind in the 19th round with a disadvantage of 3 points.

Santos analysis

At the end of round 18 Santos has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 29 goals to its credit against 13 conceded.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 3 games as the visiting team, compared to their record of 7 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws playing in their home base.

In comparison to Sport Recife 1669 attacks and 21 goals, Santos has had 1814 attacks and 29 goals.

Best goalscorer from Santos

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Willian. The Attacker has already scored 4 times this season and has helped Santos come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Sport Recife

Serie B leaderboard now

Sport Recife arrives in this game with 28 points, and in 6th place in the Serie B, having won 8 games in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 4 draws.

In the 19th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point compared to América Mineiro team who occupies position 5.

Sport Recife analysis

After round 18 of Serie B we count 21 goals scored by Sport Recife and 15 conceded.

The Sport Recife team often tries to control the game through an average ball possession of 56.38%. This is because ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Playing away Sport Recife usually leaves little room for opponents to win against them, with a balance of 3 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws in the Serie B.

Best goalscorer from Sport Recife

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Fabricio Domínguez Huertas is the player to highlight. Helping Sport Recife with 6 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Santos is Willian, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sport Recife is Fabricio Domínguez Huertas, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Since Sport Recife has an average of 0.88 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.67.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 6.28 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Santos is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.11 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Santos in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.39 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Sport Recife side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Santos who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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