Tercera - Group 1 match preview: Pontellas versus Barco

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Competition: Spain Tercera - Group 1
Competition: Sun 07.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)

The visiting Barco side should be favourites in this visit to Pontellas, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Pontellas has the fewest scored goals (7) in Tercera - Group 1
  • Barco has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Tercera - Group 1

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Pontellas form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Tercera - Group 1 this season. Pontellas, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Tercera - Group 1, have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here.

Nando Sánchez was the last player to score a league goal for Pontellas and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pontellas haven't scored in 272 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager J. Curiel García led his Pontellas to a defeat in the Tercera - Group 1 match away at UD Ourense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Estradense that finished 0-0.

As you see from the result above, Pontellas suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pontellas here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Pontellas have conceded 13 from these games.

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Barco form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Tercera - Group 1.

Barco are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Arosa (placed 2nd).

Barco find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Barco struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Barco - Pontellas 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Pontellas one win, zero draws and Barco one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarcoA. Vera Pacheco
A. Vera Pacheco
5 goals
PontellasF. Sánchez Alvarez
F. Sánchez Alvarez
4 goals
BarcoÓ. Martín Hernández
Ó. Martín Hernández
3 goals

Pontellas missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Santos Ceará
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
10 6 1 Won W 1 3 8
8 5 1 Drew D 2 4 9
8 2 1 Lost L 1 6 9
37 25 4 Scored S 6 19 35
34 16 3 Conceded C 6 22 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 88%
73% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 81%
50% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 50%
38% 54% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 31%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 15%
65% 77% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 54%
15% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 31%
23% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.6
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.5 12.5 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 11.2 12.1
4 4.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 4.2
36% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 São Paulo 26 15 8 3 45 21 13 9 4 0 23 6 13 6 4 3 22 15 24 53
2 Flamengo 25 14 6 5 46 35 13 7 4 2 26 17 12 7 2 3 20 18 11 48
3 Atlético Mineiro 26 14 4 8 44 34 13 9 3 1 29 11 13 5 1 7 15 23 10 46
4 Internacional 26 12 8 6 39 25 13 8 4 1 24 11 13 4 4 5 15 14 14 44
5 Grêmio 25 10 12 3 33 21 12 7 4 1 22 11 13 3 8 2 11 10 12 42
6 Palmeiras 25 11 8 6 36 25 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 15 13 11 41
7 Fluminense 26 11 7 8 36 29 13 7 4 2 22 12 13 4 3 6 14 17 7 40
8 Santos 26 10 8 8 37 34 13 6 5 2 25 16 13 4 3 6 12 18 3 38
9 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 24 30 13 3 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 9 13 -6 34
10 Corinthians 25 8 9 8 26 29 12 4 5 3 14 16 13 4 4 5 12 13 -3 33
11 Ceará 25 8 8 9 35 36 13 5 5 3 16 14 12 3 3 6 19 22 -1 32
12 Athletico PR 26 9 4 13 21 28 13 5 3 5 10 10 13 4 1 8 11 18 -7 31
13 Bragantino 26 7 10 9 31 30 13 6 3 4 20 13 13 1 7 5 11 17 1 31
14 Fortaleza 25 7 9 9 24 23 12 5 4 3 12 8 13 2 5 6 12 15 1 30
15 Sport Recife 26 8 5 13 23 35 13 6 1 6 14 16 13 2 4 7 9 19 -12 29
16 Bahia 26 8 4 14 32 46 13 6 1 6 18 19 13 2 3 8 14 27 -14 28
17 Vasco da Gama 25 7 7 11 26 36 13 4 4 5 12 14 12 3 3 6 14 22 -10 28
18 Botafogo 26 4 11 11 25 37 13 2 5 6 12 17 13 2 6 5 13 20 -12 23
19 Coritiba 26 5 6 15 21 35 13 3 3 7 7 11 13 2 3 8 14 24 -14 21
20 Goias 25 4 8 13 25 40 13 3 4 6 15 21 12 1 4 7 10 19 -15 20

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.