This season has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, boom and bust resulting in mid-table places so far. Gear up for CRB - Ponte Preta!
- CRB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
Ponte Preta have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
CRB form and stats
CRB have collected 18 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-6-1.
CRB are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Vasco da Gama. Until that beating this club had gone nine consecutive league matches without a loss. As you see from the result above, CRB suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The talented striker Ramon outshone all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 6.9 out of 10. Ramon hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Novorizontino.This is expected to be a close game, with CRB perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with CRB as a small favourite), we find 14 games. CRB has won 2 of these, drawn 11 and lost 1.
CRB are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Rei Pelé in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Ponte Preta form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponte Preta so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Elvis, Luiz and Silva scored in Ponte Preta's previous match, the home game against Operário PR that ended 3-0. Silva, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.73. Silva scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Prior to that match, the Ponte manager dos Anjos faced defeat when travelling to Gremio and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Ponte Preta in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Ponte Preta, 3 draws and 9 defeats.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ponte have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
CRB and Ponte Preta have met already this season: Ponte Preta - CRB 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four CRB victories, one draw and five Ponte Preta wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 9 goals |   A. Alves Erculano 4 goals |  R. Vinicius Carvalho Longuine 2 goals |
CRB missing players
Ponte Preta missing players
| CRB | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 19 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 27 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 90% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 76% |
| 71% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 52% |
| 38% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 33% |
| 24% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 48% |
| 33% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 43% |
| 3.9 | 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.4 | 11.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.1 | 12.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 24% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| 14.7 | 12.5 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 14.5 | 12.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- CRB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Bahia | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Gremio | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Tombense | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Londrina | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Criciuma | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Sampaio Correa | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | CRB | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 28 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Ituano | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Brusque | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Operário PR | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | CSA | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Guarani | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Náutico | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 18 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 21 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
