Corinthians 2-1 Sport Recife: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 September 2018

Result

Corinthians 2-1 Sport Recife

Serie A · Sunday 16 September 2018, 22:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Corinthians · Sport Recife · Serie A predictions

Corinthians 2-1 Sport Recife: match report

Corinthians won against Sport Recife 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Hernane opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Corinthians's goals came from Jadson (59') and Danilo Avelar (89'). Sport Recife scored through Hernane (22', penalty).

Discipline: Corinthians received 2 yellow cards; Sport Recife received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Corinthians were 10th on 30 points from 24 and Sport Recife 19th on 24 points from 24. Corinthians went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Sport Recife 17th with 42.

Corinthians lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sport Recife in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jadson of Corinthians (8.3), ahead of Léo Santos (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Corinthians win, 1 draw and 1 for Sport Recife.

Going into the match Corinthians's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Sport Recife's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Penalty goal · HernaneSport Recife · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · JadsonCorinthians · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · SanderSport Recife
  • 81'Yellow card · RalfCorinthians
  • 86'Yellow card · PedrinhoCorinthians
  • 89'Goal · Danilo AvelarCorinthians · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Corinthians 1, draws 1, Sport Recife 1.

Team news

Corinthians line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cássio, Paulo Roberto, Léo Santos, Henrique, Danilo Avelar, Ralf, Douglas Augusto, Ángel Romero, Jadson, Clayson, Roger Silva

Sport Recife line-up (4-2-3-1)

Magrão, Ernando, Léo Ortiz, Durval, Sander, Jair, Marcão, Rogério, Neto Moura, Morato, Hernane