Botafogo SP vs Ponte Preta: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 08.December
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Santa Cruz (29292 seats)

The visiting Ponte Preta side should be favourites in this visit to Botafogo SP, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Botafogo SP has the fewest scored goals (14) in Serie B
  • Ponte Preta has the most points from losing position (16) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Botafogo nor Ponte Preta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Botafogo SP form and stats

Botafogo SP's struggle is real here at Estádio Santa Cruz with only 11 points collected from 12 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-7.

Botafogo SP lost their last game at Cuiaba (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. In the match before that, Botafogo hosted Juventude and drew the game 1-1.

Botafogo have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Ponte Preta form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Camilo and Bruno Rodrigues scored in Ponte Preta's previous match, the home game against Parana that ended 2-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sampaio Corrêa.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avai in just three days.

Ponte are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Ponte have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ponte Preta - Botafogo SP 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Botafogo victories, four draws and four Ponte Preta wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Botafogo SP missing players

Ponte Preta missing players

Botafogo SP Ponte Preta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 5 12 26
5 3 0 Won W 2 4 11
5 2 2 Drew D 2 3 7
16 7 1 Lost L 1 5 8
14 9 3 Scored S 7 13 32
27 12 4 Conceded C 4 14 33
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
42% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 77%
23% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 50%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 8% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
31% 42% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 58% 62%
27% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 23%
54% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 12.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.1 11.6
4.2 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.9
13% 15% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 32%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Botafogo SP has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie B
  • Botafogo SP has the fewest scored goals (14) in Serie B
  • Botafogo SP has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
  • Botafogo SP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botafogo SP haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ponte Preta has the most points from losing position (16) in Serie B
  • Ponte Preta have scored more than double the goals of Botafogo SP.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chapecoense 26 14 9 3 27 10 12 7 4 1 9 2 14 7 5 2 18 8 17 51
2 América Mineiro 26 13 8 5 27 17 12 6 3 3 16 11 14 7 5 2 11 6 10 47
3 Sampaio Corrêa 26 13 5 8 39 25 14 8 0 6 20 13 12 5 5 2 19 12 14 44
4 Cuiaba 26 12 7 7 30 25 14 9 4 1 20 7 12 3 3 6 10 18 5 43
5 Juventude 26 11 9 6 39 26 14 7 5 2 22 10 12 4 4 4 17 16 13 42
6 Ponte Preta 26 11 7 8 32 33 14 7 4 3 19 19 12 4 3 5 13 14 -1 40
7 Confianca 26 10 9 7 31 28 12 6 5 1 16 10 14 4 4 6 15 18 3 39
8 CSA 26 11 5 10 31 26 14 9 1 4 23 12 12 2 4 6 8 14 5 38
9 Avai 26 11 4 11 29 34 13 7 1 5 15 16 13 4 3 6 14 18 -5 37
10 Guarani 26 10 7 9 30 30 12 6 3 3 18 13 14 4 4 6 12 17 0 37
11 Cruzeiro 26 11 7 8 32 25 14 5 4 5 20 15 12 6 3 3 12 10 7 34
12 Operario PR 26 8 10 8 23 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 3 5 5 6 11 1 34
13 CRB 26 9 6 11 28 33 12 6 4 2 16 9 14 3 2 9 12 24 -5 33
14 Brasil de Pelotas 26 7 12 7 23 24 12 4 7 1 12 7 14 3 5 6 11 17 -1 33
15 Vitoria 26 7 11 8 33 28 14 6 4 4 19 13 12 1 7 4 14 15 5 32
16 Parana 26 7 8 11 27 36 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 11 25 -9 29
17 Nautico 25 5 9 11 23 32 12 3 7 2 14 12 13 2 2 9 9 20 -9 24
18 Figueirense 25 4 10 11 16 27 12 2 6 4 10 9 13 2 4 7 6 18 -11 22
19 Botafogo SP 26 5 5 16 14 27 12 3 2 7 9 12 14 2 3 9 5 15 -13 20
20 Oeste 26 3 6 17 17 43 14 2 3 9 8 20 12 1 3 8 9 23 -26 15

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.