Afogados get ready to welcome Ponte Preta for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa do Brasil 3rd Round leg 1 of 2.
Ponte Preta could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Afogados form and stats
Action has already taken place for Afogados in Copa do Brasil as they have defeated Atletico Mineiro and Atletico Acreano to reach the 3rd Round.On the other hand, in the Copa do Brasil, Afogados has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
In their previous game, the manager P. de Siqueira Manta led his Afogados to a defeat in the Pernambucano 1 match away at Salgueiro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Valdemar Viana de Araújo. A strong away win before that one, visiting Retro and winning 1-0.
Ponte Preta form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Vila Nova and Novo Hamburgo in order to reach 3rd Round of Copa do Brasil. They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the 1st round.Four points from two away games for Ponte Preta, meaning one draw and one victory in the Serie B so far. When we have look at the Copa do Brasil statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
João Paulo and Matheus Peixoto scored in Ponte's previous match, the home game against CSA that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Oeste at their stadium, the result 3-1.
Ponte Preta has another fixture away, a Serie B game, against Sampaio Correa in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
It's early days yet, but Ponte Preta has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ponte Preta - Afogados 3-0.Top Goalscorers
  J. da Silva Alves 3 goals |  J. Candido de Souza 2 goals | D. Lima de Souza 2 goals |
Afogados missing players
Ponte Preta missing players
| Afogados | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 6.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 240 | 97 | Total Shots | T S | 146 | 321 | ||
| 79 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 108 | ||
| 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parana | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Cuiaba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Operario PR | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Ponte Preta | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | CRB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | America Mineiro | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Juventude | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Chapecoense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Vitoria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Nautico | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Figueirense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Cruzeiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Brasil de Pelotas | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Guarani | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Avai | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | CSA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Oeste | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Confianca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Sampaio Correa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |