Serie B: Tipsway are previewing an interesting and vital fight involving Avaí and Ponte Preta at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva. They both need three points!
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Paulista game only four days ago. That game, against XV de Piracicaba, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ponte Preta.
Avaí form and stats
With 1 Serie B win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Avaí are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Stress levels are on the rise for Avaí's attacking players as they have now played 350 minutes without scoring in a league game. Tárik (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
Avaí's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus ABC (placed 20th). The first loss after going undefeated in three league fixtures. Lipe, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Lipe won 10 of 13 duels.
Before that, Avaí played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ceará.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Avaí have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 5.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Avaí here at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded. Avaí has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Ponte Preta form and stats
Ponte Preta have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ponte Preta goalkeeper Caique Franca Godoy is eager to challenge this, with his 266 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away matches in a row for Ponte, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs XV de Piracicaba in the Copa Paulista.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Novorizontino.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ponte Preta playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 3 Ponte Preta wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 12 of this club's latest 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ponte Preta are hosting Oeste in the Copa Paulista only one days away.
Goals are few and far between in Ponte's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 7 travels. As opposed to that, Ponte Preta have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Avaí wins - draws - Ponte Preta wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sousa de Jesus 5 goals | P. da Silva Rosa 5 goals | E. Vieira Araújo 4 goals |
Avaí missing players
Ponte Preta missing players
| Avaí | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 80% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 80% |
| 60% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 43% | 47% |
| 33% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 20% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 27% |
| 33% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 47% |
| 47% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 71% | 47% |
| 5.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.3 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 16.3 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 16% | 13% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 9% | 15% |
| 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 21 | 15.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avaí have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Serie B
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Serie B
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Serie B
- Avaí have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ponte Preta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Vila Nova | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Juventude | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Botafogo SP | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Guarani | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | CRB | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Ceará | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Ituano | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Sampaio Corrêa | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Tombense | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Londrina | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | Avaí | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
