Palmeiras 2-1 Sport Recife: result and report

Serie A · Tuesday 26 October 2021

Result

Palmeiras 2-1 Sport Recife

Serie A · Tuesday 26 October 2021, 00:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Palmeiras · Sport Recife · Serie A predictions

Palmeiras 2-1 Sport Recife: match report

Palmeiras won against Sport Recife 2-1 in Serie A on Tuesday 26 October 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Leandro Barcia opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Palmeiras's goals came from Luiz Adriano (53') and Felipe Melo (81'). Sport Recife scored through Leandro Barcia (4').

Discipline: Palmeiras received 1 yellow card; Sport Recife received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Palmeiras were 5th on 46 points from 27 and Sport Recife 18th on 27 points from 27. Palmeiras went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Sport Recife 19th with 38.

Palmeiras 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 Mailson of Sport Recife (9.6), ahead of Gustavo Scarpa (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Palmeiras wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sport Recife.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Leandro BarciaSport Recife · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Marcão SilvaSport Recife
  • 43'Yellow card · SabinoSport Recife
  • 53'Goal · Luiz AdrianoPalmeiras · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · José WelisonSport Recife
  • 81'Goal · Felipe MeloPalmeiras · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · G. GómezPalmeiras

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Palmeiras 7, draws 1, Sport Recife 2.

Team news

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

Weverton, Marcos Rocha, Gustavo Gómez, Luan, Joaquín Piquerez, Felipe Melo, Danilo, Rony, Raphael Veiga, Dudu, Luiz Adriano

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

Mailson, Ewerthon, Rafael Thyere, Sabino, Chico, Marcão, Zé Welison, Leandro Barcia Montero, Gustavo, Luciano Juba, Mikael