Palmeiras 2-1 Sport Recife: result and report

Palmeiras 2-1 Sport Recife

Serie A · Sunday 23 October 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Palmeiras defeated Sport Recife 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 23 October 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Dudu opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Palmeiras's goals came from Dudu (21') and Tchê Tchê (45+1'). Sport Recife scored through Rogério (32').

Discipline: Palmeiras received 3 yellow cards; Sport Recife received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Palmeiras were 3rd on 54 points from 31 and Sport Recife 17th on 34 points from 31. Palmeiras went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Sport Recife 17th with 44.

Palmeiras lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sport Recife in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Renê of Sport Recife (8.1), ahead of Dudu (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Palmeiras win, 0 draws and 0 for Sport Recife.

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