Fixture sneak peek for Serie B: Confiança - Ponte Preta at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista (22000 seats)

Serie B: Tipsway are previewing an appealing and very important duel starring Confiança and Ponte Preta at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista. Both are in need of a good run!

Insights:
  • Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This could be an exciting game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

Ponte Preta have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Relegation threatens Confiança who should definitely be looking for some points here. Ponte Preta are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Confiança form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Confiança at their home stadium (Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Vila was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rafael de Carvalho Santos not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Confiança manager L. de Souza Lopes and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus CSA (placed 7th) in the Serie B. The goalie Rafael Santos was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.85 out of ten. Santos stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Confiança hosted Nautico and drew the game 0-0.

The Confiança fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 18 matches. Confiança have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Ponte Preta form and stats

There's been little loot from Ponte Preta's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 18 away games in the Serie B. Ponte Preta only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 6 draws.

Two away games in a row for Ponte, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Londrina in the Serie B. Moisés got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Moisés scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Botafogo.

The attacking power of Ponte Preta when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 18 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ponte Preta have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this match year: Ponte Preta - Confiança 4-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Confiança zero wins, zero draws and Ponte Preta three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ConfiançaS. Santos Salles
S. Santos Salles
6 goals
Ponte PretaM. Vieira da Veiga
M. Vieira da Veiga
6 goals
Ponte PretaR. Gomes dos Santos
R. Gomes dos Santos
5 goals

Confiança missing players

Ponte Preta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Confiança Ponte Preta
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
9 6 1 Won W 1 2 10
9 3 2 Drew D 1 6 13
18 9 2 Lost L 3 10 13
35 20 6 Scored S 4 12 35
47 24 8 Conceded C 6 23 38
86% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 83%
64% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 61%
42% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 28% 36%
22% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 11%
11% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
47% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 50%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 11% 28%
39% 28% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 44% 39%
 
4.6 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.6 5.5
5.8 4.9 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.3 5
2.6 3 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.4 11.4 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.8 11.6
3.4 4.1 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.7
29% 27% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 26%
 
13.3 11.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14 11.5
5 4.7 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.8 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Confiança have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Botafogo 36 19 9 8 53 29 18 15 1 2 37 11 18 4 8 6 16 18 24 66
2 Coritiba 36 18 10 8 47 31 18 11 5 2 29 13 18 7 5 6 18 18 16 64
3 Goias 36 16 13 7 44 29 18 10 6 2 28 14 18 6 7 5 16 15 15 61
4 Guarani 36 16 11 9 52 37 18 10 4 4 28 15 18 6 7 5 24 22 15 59
5 Avai 36 16 10 10 40 33 18 9 6 3 22 13 18 7 4 7 18 20 7 58
6 CRB 36 15 12 9 43 36 18 7 9 2 23 16 18 8 3 7 20 20 7 57
7 CSA 36 16 8 12 43 33 18 8 6 4 24 15 18 8 2 8 19 18 10 56
8 Nautico 36 14 10 12 49 48 18 8 6 4 29 23 18 6 4 8 20 25 1 52
9 Vasco da Gama 36 13 9 14 41 47 18 9 3 6 23 22 18 4 6 8 18 25 -6 48
10 Sampaio Corrêa 36 12 10 14 39 39 18 9 4 5 24 15 18 3 6 9 15 24 0 46
11 Cruzeiro 36 10 16 10 41 43 18 5 9 4 24 24 18 5 7 6 17 19 -2 46
12 Operário PR 36 12 9 15 33 43 18 8 4 6 20 20 18 4 5 9 13 23 -10 45
13 Vila Nova 36 10 15 11 32 35 18 5 10 3 11 10 18 5 5 8 21 25 -3 45
14 Ponte Preta 36 10 13 13 35 38 18 8 7 3 23 15 18 2 6 10 12 23 -3 43
15 Brusque 36 12 8 16 40 54 18 8 5 5 23 16 18 4 3 11 17 38 -14 41
16 Remo 36 11 8 17 29 40 18 7 3 8 11 13 18 4 5 9 18 27 -11 41
17 Londrina 36 10 11 15 27 39 18 5 5 8 14 19 18 5 6 7 13 20 -12 41
18 Vitoria 36 8 16 12 30 28 18 5 7 6 18 13 18 3 9 6 12 15 2 40
19 Confiança 36 9 9 18 35 47 18 6 3 9 20 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -12 36
20 Brasil de Pelotas 36 4 11 21 23 47 18 4 6 8 14 20 18 0 5 13 9 27 -24 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 36 19 9 8 53 29 18 15 1 2 37 11 18 4 8 6 16 18 24 66
2 Coritiba 36 18 10 8 47 31 18 11 5 2 29 13 18 7 5 6 18 18 16 64
3 Goias 36 16 13 7 44 29 18 10 6 2 28 14 18 6 7 5 16 15 15 61
4 Guarani 36 16 11 9 52 37 18 10 4 4 28 15 18 6 7 5 24 22 15 59
5 Avai 36 16 10 10 40 33 18 9 6 3 22 13 18 7 4 7 18 20 7 58
6 CRB 36 15 12 9 43 36 18 7 9 2 23 16 18 8 3 7 20 20 7 57
7 CSA 36 16 8 12 43 33 18 8 6 4 24 15 18 8 2 8 19 18 10 56
8 Nautico 36 14 10 12 49 48 18 8 6 4 29 23 18 6 4 8 20 25 1 52
9 Vasco da Gama 36 13 9 14 41 47 18 9 3 6 23 22 18 4 6 8 18 25 -6 48
10 Sampaio Corrêa 36 12 10 14 39 39 18 9 4 5 24 15 18 3 6 9 15 24 0 46
11 Cruzeiro 36 10 16 10 41 43 18 5 9 4 24 24 18 5 7 6 17 19 -2 46
12 Operário PR 36 12 9 15 33 43 18 8 4 6 20 20 18 4 5 9 13 23 -10 45
13 Vila Nova 36 10 15 11 32 35 18 5 10 3 11 10 18 5 5 8 21 25 -3 45
14 Ponte Preta 36 10 13 13 35 38 18 8 7 3 23 15 18 2 6 10 12 23 -3 43
15 Brusque 36 12 8 16 40 54 18 8 5 5 23 16 18 4 3 11 17 38 -14 41
16 Remo 36 11 8 17 29 40 18 7 3 8 11 13 18 4 5 9 18 27 -11 41
17 Londrina 36 10 11 15 27 39 18 5 5 8 14 19 18 5 6 7 13 20 -12 41
18 Vitoria 36 8 16 12 30 28 18 5 7 6 18 13 18 3 9 6 12 15 2 40
19 Confiança 36 9 9 18 35 47 18 6 3 9 20 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -12 36
20 Brasil de Pelotas 36 4 11 21 23 47 18 4 6 8 14 20 18 0 5 13 9 27 -24 23

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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.