Football betting preview: Criciúma vs Ponte Preta

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Date: Wed 04.September
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Heriberto Hülse (28749 seats)

The visiting Ponte Preta side should be favourites in this visit to Criciúma, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Criciúma and Ponte Preta.

It's quite the trip for Ponte Preta when visiting Criciúma as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Criciúma form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Criciúma have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Ponte Preta in the Serie B last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Criciúma played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Cuiabá.

Criciúma have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Criciúma have conceded only 9 goals.

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Ponte Preta form and stats

Playing away, Ponte Preta have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie B this season.

Ponte Preta are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Criciúma (placed 15th). Before that, Ponte Preta secured a home win against Coritiba with the score 1-0.

The attacking power of Ponte Preta when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

Criciúma - Ponte Preta 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 5 - 5 (Criciúma wins - draws - Ponte Preta wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

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Criciúma missing players

Ponte Preta missing players

Criciúma Ponte Preta
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 11 4 Played 4 10 21
5 4 2 Won 1 3 8
8 4 0 Drew 2 3 7
8 3 2 Lost 1 4 6
14 10 3 Scored 2 9 22
20 9 4 Conceded 2 9 18
81% 82% 100% Over 0.5 50% 70% 76%
52% 55% 50% Over 1.5 25% 50% 43%
19% 27% 25% Over 2.5 25% 40% 33%
10% 9% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 10%
38% 45% 25% BTTS 25% 40% 38%
33% 36% 25% Clean Sheets 75% 40% 43%
48% 36% 50% Failed To Score 50% 50% 43%
 
6.9 7.9 8 Corners For (avg) 3.2 4.3 4.6
5.2 5.5 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 6.2 5.4
2.8 2.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 3.2 2.9
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Criciúma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Criciúma
All Copa do Brasil Catarinense 1 Serie B
All Home Away
19-08-19 SB Criciúma 0 - 2 Bragantino
24-08-19 SB Paraná 0 - 0 Criciúma
27-08-19 SB Criciúma 3 - 1 Oeste
31-08-19 SB Cuiabá 0 - 0 Criciúma
04-09-19 SB Criciúma 0 - 0 Ponte Preta
11-09-19 SB América Mineiro 00:00 Criciúma
20-09-19 SB Criciúma 22:15 Atlético GO
24-09-19 SB Guarani 22:15 Criciúma
27-09-19 SB Criciúma - Botafogo SP
05-10-19 SB Vila Nova - Criciúma
Ponte Preta
All Copa do Brasil Serie B Club Friendlies Paulista A1
All Home Away
22-08-19 SB Ponte Preta 0 - 1 CRB
24-08-19 SB Ponte Preta 2 - 2 Sport Recife
27-08-19 SB Brasil de Pelotas 1 - 0 Ponte Preta
31-08-19 SB Ponte Preta 1 - 0 Coritiba
04-09-19 SB Criciúma 0 - 0 Ponte Preta
13-09-19 SB Ponte Preta 00:30 Vila Nova
16-09-19 SB Operário PR 23:00 Ponte Preta
24-09-19 SB Paraná 22:15 Ponte Preta
27-09-19 SB Ponte Preta - Cuiabá
05-10-19 SB Botafogo SP - Ponte Preta

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bragantino 20 12 5 3 31 10 11 7 4 0 21 6 9 5 1 3 10 4 21 41
2 Coritiba 20 9 7 4 27 17 10 7 2 1 18 8 10 2 5 3 9 9 10 34
3 Atlético GO 20 9 7 4 23 15 11 6 3 2 16 8 9 3 4 2 7 7 8 34
4 Sport Recife 20 7 11 2 26 17 10 4 6 0 14 7 10 3 5 2 12 10 9 32
5 Cuiabá 20 8 7 5 23 18 10 4 4 2 14 10 10 4 3 3 9 8 5 31
6 Ponte Preta 21 8 7 6 22 18 11 5 4 2 13 9 10 3 3 4 9 9 4 31
7 CRB 20 9 3 8 22 21 10 3 2 5 10 14 10 6 1 3 12 7 1 30
8 Operário PR 20 8 5 7 17 20 10 7 2 1 11 5 10 1 3 6 6 15 -3 29
9 Paraná 20 7 8 5 16 18 10 3 6 1 5 3 10 4 2 4 11 15 -2 29
10 Botafogo SP 20 8 4 8 20 22 9 4 1 4 11 11 11 4 3 4 9 11 -2 28
11 Brasil de Pelotas 21 8 4 9 16 20 11 6 0 5 8 9 10 2 4 4 8 11 -4 28
12 Londrina 21 7 4 10 24 27 10 5 2 3 14 11 11 2 2 7 10 16 -3 25
13 América Mineiro 20 6 7 7 19 22 10 3 3 4 11 15 10 3 4 3 8 7 -3 25
14 Vitória 21 6 6 9 20 27 10 4 3 3 9 8 11 2 3 6 11 19 -7 24
15 Criciúma 21 5 8 8 14 20 11 4 4 3 10 9 10 1 4 5 4 11 -6 23
16 Figueirense 20 4 9 7 15 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 10 1 5 4 5 9 -4 21
17 Vila Nova 21 4 9 8 13 19 10 1 5 4 3 8 11 3 4 4 10 11 -6 21
18 Oeste 20 3 11 6 17 20 10 3 6 1 9 5 10 0 5 5 8 15 -3 20
19 São Bento 20 5 4 11 23 30 10 3 3 4 9 12 10 2 1 7 14 18 -7 19
20 Guarani 20 5 4 11 13 21 9 4 1 4 8 9 11 1 3 7 5 12 -8 19

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