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A great classic regional marks the twenty-fourth round of the Brazilian league. Sport Recife and Santa Cruz face off in a battle to get out of the bottom of the table since the two teams are in the gander of relegation. Sport today is with 27 points and is in sixteenth place while Santa Cruz has 20 points and is in nineteenth place.
Coming from a loss to Corinthians 3-0, Sport arrived at the limit and if they not get something this round they may enter in the relegation zone. The team has been in free fall where they lost three games and drawn two in the last five played.
Against Corinthians they made an excellent first time, marking up with a line of five players above midfield, however felt the tireness in the second part of the game and ended up taking three goals in a span of sixteen minutes.
This game has a taste of revenge as the Sport's team eventually got eliminated from the South American Cup against Santa Cruz itself, so has the chance now to sink the rival for relegation and achieve survival in the fight to stay in Serie A.
But the Santa Cruz lives waiting for a miracle or a historical reaction which can take the club the way he is. With only two wins in the last twelve games the team is seven points behind the first team out of the relegation zone and have the absence of their main player against their biggest rival. Grafite will not play this round and will leave the team without the top scorer of the team.
That said, I believe the sport can enjoy the fact of playing at home with their fans to avenge the elimination of the South American Cup. Also, this game is a direct confrontation of the bottom of the table, getting the three points Sport moves away from the descent and can breathe a little more quiet at the moment. No doubt the sport is superior technically and showed good football against the Corinthians despite the defeat, while the Santa suffers from the ability of the squad and will still be without their reference in attack, so I believe in a victory of the hosts.
Pick: Sport
Odds: 2.1
Bookmaker: ➾ Bet365
Stake: 8 units
Tipster: Snake7up
| TIPSTER: Snake7up | Total profit: +7.38 | Tips won: 16 |
| Country: Portugal | Total yield: +2.88% | Tips lost: 14 |
| Speciality: Football | Total picks: 30 | Tips pushed: 0 |
| 15.09 | • Santa Cruz - Atletico Paranaense | 2.1 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
| 15.09 | • Maccabi Tel-Aviv vs Zenit | 2.1 | 8 | ✅ | +8.8 |
| 15.09 | • Young Boys vs Olympiakos | 2.44 | 8 | ✅ | +11.52 |
| 15.09 | • Nice - Schalke 04 | 3.3 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
| 15.09 | • Sassuolo - Athletic Bilbao | 2.51 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
| 14.09 | • Figueirense - America MG | 2.27 | 9 | ❌ | -9 |
| 11.09 | • Braga - Boavista | 1.8 | 9 | ✅ | +7.2 |
| 11.09 | • Ponte Preta - America Mineiro | 1.78 | 9 | ❌ | -9 |
| 11.09 | • Chapecoense - Coritiba | 2.23 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
| 11.09 | • Gremio - Palmeiras | 2.28 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
