The home supporters look for a win in this match, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Ponte Preta are in 13th spot while the guesting Tombense panic at 17th.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
- Tombense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ponte Preta form and stats
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Caique Franca Godoy not having conceded a league goal in 356 minutes.
Ponte Preta enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Avai's place. The match ended 1-0 with Amaral scoring. The score 1-0 has "struck" the home team three league games in a row! Midfield player Baya got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Baya hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, Ponte had a home game versus Novorizontino which ended with a victory 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ponte Preta handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be noted that a look at the 13 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Ponte Preta as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie B match thankfully also at home. Juventude are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ponte Preta here at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Ponte are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 matches.
Tombense form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tombense so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
The manager Burse was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estádio Antônio Guimarães de Almeida. Tombense suffered a 0-1 loss to Sampaio Correa (placed 15th). Defender Pedro was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Pedro hit four key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Chapecoense.Tombense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting CRB in just three days.
The attacking power of Tombense when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Tombense have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding two meetings): Ponte Preta won zero games, two matches ended in a draw and Tombense have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sousa de Jesus 5 goals | P. da Silva Rosa 5 goals | E. Vieira Araújo 4 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Tombense missing players
| Ponte Preta | Tombense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 81% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 94% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 69% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 44% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 12% |
| 44% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.1 | 5.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 14 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.3 | 15.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 12% | 19% |
| 15.5 | 10.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 16 | 13.4 |
| 3.9 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
- Ponte Preta have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
- Tombense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vila Nova | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Criciuma | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Guarani | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Juventude | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Ceara | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Tombense | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 18 | Londrina | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Avai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
