Sao Paulo FC vs SC Recife, Serie A 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sao Paulo FC vs SC Recife — Serie A at Morumbi.
- Sao Paulo FC 17 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- SC Recife 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 SE Palmeiras 17 38 2 CR Flamengo 16 31 3 Fluminense FC 17 30 4 CA Paranaense 17 27 5 RB Bragantino 17 26 6 Coritiba FBC 17 26 7 Sao Paulo FC 17 25 8 EC Bahia 16 23 9 Cruzeiro EC 17 23 10 Botafogo FR 16 22 11 EC Vitoria 16 22 12 SC Internacional 17 21 13 Gremio FBPA 17 21 14 CA Mineiro 17 21 15 SC Corinthians Paulista 17 21 16 CR Vasco da Gama 17 20 17 Santos FC 17 18 18 Mirassol FC 16 16 19 Clube do Remo 17 15 20 Chapecoense AF 16 9 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Mar SC Recife H 0–0 D 08 Dec Botafogo FR A 1–2 L 04 Dec EC Juventude H 1–2 L 01 Dec Gremio FBPA A 1–2 L 24 Nov CA Mineiro H 2–2 D 20 Nov RB Bragantino A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Mar Sao Paulo FC A 0–0 D 10 Dec CA Paranaense H 1–1 D 07 Dec Chapecoense AF A 1–0 W 03 Dec CR Flamengo H 1–1 D 28 Nov Sao Paulo FC A 0–2 L 19 Nov EC Bahia H 1–0 W Key Stats
20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Sao Paulo FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Sao Paulo FC0-153/–16-302/331-451/246-60–/361-752/276+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Sao Paulo FCLuciano 6 G 1 A Jonathan Calleri 6 G 1 A Ferreira 4 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sao Paulo FC to score. At the same time, SC Recife does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 15' SC Recife seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' Luciano has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 19 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 25' It looks surprising SC Recife does not make any changes. Wendell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SC Recife needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 35' Sao Paulo FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' Rafael Monteiro needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 46' Sao Paulo FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ferreira is hanging Jose Sabino on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' Sao Paulo FC is showing some good football. However, Sao Paulo FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 56' It’s high time Pepa made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 59' The referee shows SC Recife player a card on 59.
- 62' The whistle greets Lenny Lobato as he departs to be replaced by Carlos Alberto.
- 67' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Lucas Cunha made 226 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 69' Time for substitution for Sao Paulo FC. Marcos Antonio is replaced by Matheus.
- 74' Time for substitution for Sao Paulo FC. Jonathan Calleri is replaced by Andre Silva.
- 79' SC Recife is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 82' The SC Recife manager makes a substitution. Diogo Hereda departs to be replaced by Matheus Alexandre.
- 87' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alan Franco, as he is very good at scoring at Morumbi with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Matheus Alexandre.
- 90' SC Recife manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lucas Cunha is hanging Igor Carius on the field on 90 minute.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Sao Paulo FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 25
- 10
- 5
- 2
- 16
- 18
- 9
- 20
- 28
- 35
- 23
Bench
- 93
- 6
- 13
- 17
- 32
- 11
- 22
- 21
- 43
- 49
- 48
- 47
Coach Luis ZubeldíaSC Recife Lineups
Starting XI
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92
Pablo Felipe ↓ Arthur 62'
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16
Igor Carius ↓ Lucas Cunha 90'
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10
Lucas Lima ↓ Chrystian Barletta 74'
- 27
- 44
- 22
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77
Lenny Lobato ↓ Carlos Alberto 62'
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37
Du Queiroz ↓ Fabricio Dominguez 74'
- 6
- 32
- 14
Bench
- 25
- 19
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33
Matheus Alexandre ↑ 82'
- 91
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8
Fabricio Dominguez ↑ 74'
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17
Carlos Alberto ↑ 62'
- 11
- 12
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3
Lucas Cunha ↑ 90'
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30
Chrystian Barletta ↑ 74'
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38
Arthur ↑ 62'
- 41
Coach Pepa -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Pablo Felipe 2 Jonathan Calleri 1 Marlone 1 Gabriel Sara 1 Diego Souza 1 Lucas Lima 1 Nene 1 Derik Lacerda 1 Head to Head
Sao Paulo FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.05 Sao Paulo FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.76 SC Recife xGI would bet for: Sao Paulo FC or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 73%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.81Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 81% 19% ± 1.5 54% 46% ± 2.5 27% 73% ± 3.5 12% 88% ± 4.5 4% 96% Double Chance
Sao Paulo FC or Draw 75%Draw or SC Recife 57%Sao Paulo FC or SC Recife 67%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 0 15.8%1 – 1 14%0 – 1 10.9%2 – 0 8.6%2 – 1 6.8%1 – 2 4.8%0 – 2 4.4%3 – 0 3%2 – 2 2.7%3 – 1 2.5%1 – 3 1.3%Asian Handicap — Sao Paulo FC
Handicap Sao Paulo FC covers Push SC Recife covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 24% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 17% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Sao Paulo FC keeps clean sheet 47% ✗SC Recife keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.