The glass has been half empty for CSA so far, and the same description fits Ponte Preta. The bottom dwellers have a chance to get some vital points here.
- CSA have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie B.
CSA form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for CSA at their home stadium (Estádio Rei Pelé) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for CSA.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 257 minutes without scoring a league goal. Batista was the last player to find the net.
The home team returns to Estádio Rei Pelé after drawing with Londrina (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Defender Lucão got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Lucão won 10 of 12 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sampaio Correa.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how CSA have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 16 league games, 14 have produced zero, one or two goals.
From these home matches, CSA have conceded only 5 goals.
Ponte Preta form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponte Preta so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Ponte the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Ponte Preta's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tombense that finished 0-0. Midfielder Naldi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.55. Naldi hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
A 1-1 draw at Vila Nova's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Ponte Preta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Low on goals? 12 of this club's last 16 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 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 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
CSA-Ponte Preta H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: CSA two wins, Ponte Preta three wins, one draw. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 7 goals |   R. Rodrigues Silva 3 goals | G. Batista de Faria 1 goals |
CSA missing players
Ponte Preta missing players
| CSA | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 69% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 69% |
| 56% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 50% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 44% |
| 50% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 5.9 | 7.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.6 | 12.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | 11.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 15% | 21% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 15% |
| 12.6 | 9.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13.8 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- CSA have not yet lost a game at home.
- CSA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- CSA have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B
- CSA 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.
- 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 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Bahia | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Gremio | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Criciúma | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Tombense | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Brusque | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Novorizontino | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | CRB | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Operário PR | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Londrina | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Nautico | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Ituano | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | CSA | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Guarani | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
