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

Sport Recife and Ituano going to face each other on September 02th, 2024, Monday at 23:00h (UTC), in an event counting for the Serie B in Brazil, check the Sport Recife vs Ituano betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sport Recife vs Ituano will occur

The game takes place in the great Itaipava Arena Pernambuco stadium, in the city of Recife, with a capacity for 46154 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 Sport Recife vs Ituano 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 2.12 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Sport Recife last match

Sport Recife is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Brusque in a match valid for Serie B, and the match ended 1-0. The eleven coached by A. Ferreira played in a 4-4-2 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 3.20, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The whole defensive section of the team suffered a lot from the opponent's raids, but the most in trouble seemed to be Allyson. The player made many crucial mistakes during the match, and he will have to regain his lucidity as early as the next match in order to return useful to his team.

Ituano 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, Ituano, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Goiás team with a final score of 1-0.

A win for the home team had odds of 3.50, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Sport Recife vs Ituano h2h

Ituano was in 20th place when they last went head-to-head in Serie B against Sport Recife, who was in 1st place. Ituano formed a 4-4-2 arrangement while Sport Recife took to the pitch with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 15-05-2024, in a match of the 2024 season of the Serie B, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Ituano.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Ituano team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Sport Recife team, which won only 1 match.

Sport Recife

Serie B leaderboard now

Considering the home team Sport Recife, standing in 10th place with 32 points in the Serie B competition in Brazil. Their performance statistics have been such as 9 wins, 7 losses and, 5 draws.

In the 24th round, the team has the same score that the Operário PR team which is ranked just below in position 11 and no difference of Goiás team that is in the 9th place.

With no great ambitions or relegation concerns, Sport Recife, mid-ranking of the league table in the Brazil Serie B, will try to use the home factor to get a win.

Sport Recife analysis

After round number 23 in Serie B, Sport Recife has 25 goals scored and 22 conceded.

Sport Recife team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Serie B that has been affecting the team's morale.

An average of 3.76 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Sport Recife, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

The Sport Recife team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 57.1%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

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 6 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw playing in their home base.

Sport Recife has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 2142 attacks resulting in 25 goals. Ituano, on the other hand, has only scored 24 times with 1808 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Sport Recife

Fabricio Domínguez Huertas has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 6 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Sport Recife to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Ituano

Serie B leaderboard now

With 22 points won, Ituano is in 17th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 6 wins against 13 losses, plus 4 draws.

Which means that in the 24th round, the team has, the same score that the Brusque team who is in the position 18.

Ituano analysis

Ituano shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 24 made and 39 conceded after 23 rounds of the league.

Recent performances have shown that Ituano is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

Best goalscorer from Ituano

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Vinícius dos Santos de Oliveira Paiva. The Attacker scored 5 goals in the current season, helping Ituano to achieve victory in several disputes.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Sport Recife is Fabricio Domínguez Huertas, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Ituano is Vinícius dos Santos de Oliveira Paiva, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Since Ituano has an average of 0.91 goals per game when playing away from home, and they often do not concede goals away from home, the under 2.5 goals can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 4.98 corners per game.

Sport Recife 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 6.14 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sport Recife in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Sport Recife has an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game over the 23 rounds, while Ituano has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.7 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Ituano side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 7 time this season, very different from Sport Recife who only saw the red card 5 times. 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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