Can Ituano defeat Ponte Preta in Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior clash?

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Thu 29.Jun
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior (18560 seats)

Ituano have 15 points playing as the home side. Ponte Preta have claimed 12 points as the visiting team. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • All of Ituano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ponte Preta have yet to win a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ituano form and stats

3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ituano so far this season.

Ituano drew their last game, 2-2 away at CRB (placed 13th). The Ituano goalkeeper Paulino was crucial in the match against CRB last time out, making six saves. Pacheco, defender, was given a rating of 7.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Pacheco hit two key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Atletico GO that ended 1-1.

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 Ituano have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The Ituano fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Ituano have conceded only 5 goals.

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Ponte Preta form and stats

Ponte Preta have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 0-2-4 (6 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ponte Preta are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ponte as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Atletico GO. Ponte Preta goalkeeper França enjoyed a wonderful day vs Atletico GO, but in spite of achieving seven saves the beating could not be stopped.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sport Recife.

Ponte Preta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this club's latest 11 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Novorizontino in just four days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ponte Preta's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 6 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ponte have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Ituano-Ponte Preta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ituano three wins, Ponte Preta three wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Ponte PretaM. Sousa de Jesus
M. Sousa de Jesus
5 goals
Ponte PretaP. da Silva Rosa
P. da Silva Rosa
5 goals
ItuanoPaulo Victor
Paulo Victor
4 goals

Ituano missing players

Ponte Preta missing players

Ituano Ponte Preta
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
4 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
15 10 6 Scored S 0 1 7
17 5 1 Conceded C 1 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 77%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 54%
46% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 23%
15% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 31%
23% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 38%
38% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 83% 54%
 
4.3 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 3.9
5.5 5.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.5 6.9
2.5 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 3.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 11 16 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10.7 12.6
4 3.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.8
29% 45% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 6% 14%
 
15.2 13.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 29 21.7 16.1
5.1 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.8 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Ituano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ituano have scored more than double the goals of Ponte Preta.
  • Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ponte Preta have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 yet to win a game 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 Novorizontino 13 9 2 2 17 5 6 4 1 1 5 1 7 5 1 1 12 4 12 29
2 Sport Recife 12 8 3 1 22 8 7 7 0 0 18 4 5 1 3 1 4 4 14 27
3 Vila Nova 13 8 3 2 18 4 6 4 2 0 7 1 7 4 1 2 11 3 14 27
4 Vitoria 12 8 1 3 22 8 6 4 0 2 11 4 6 4 1 1 11 4 14 25
5 Criciúma 13 7 3 3 15 8 7 5 0 2 10 4 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 24
6 Mirassol 12 7 1 4 12 9 6 4 1 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 6 6 3 22
7 Atletico GO 13 5 5 3 16 20 7 4 2 1 8 7 6 1 3 2 8 13 -4 20
8 Ceara 12 6 1 5 15 16 6 2 0 4 5 11 6 4 1 1 10 5 -1 19
9 Juventude 13 6 0 7 15 15 6 3 0 3 9 7 7 3 0 4 6 8 0 18
10 Botafogo SP 13 5 3 5 10 17 7 3 1 3 4 8 6 2 2 2 6 9 -7 18
11 Guarani 12 4 4 4 15 11 5 3 1 1 10 5 7 1 3 3 5 6 4 16
12 Ituano 13 4 3 6 15 17 6 3 2 1 10 5 7 1 1 5 5 12 -2 15
13 CRB 12 4 3 5 12 14 6 1 3 2 6 8 6 3 0 3 6 6 -2 15
14 Sampaio Correa 12 4 3 5 10 14 6 3 2 1 9 7 6 1 1 4 1 7 -4 15
15 Ponte Preta 13 2 6 5 7 13 7 2 4 1 6 4 6 0 2 4 1 9 -6 12
16 Londrina 13 3 2 8 12 20 6 2 1 3 8 8 7 1 1 5 4 12 -8 11
17 Chapecoense 13 2 5 6 15 17 7 1 3 3 6 7 6 1 2 3 9 10 -2 11
18 Avai 13 2 4 7 9 21 6 1 3 2 4 9 7 1 1 5 5 12 -12 10
19 Tombense 13 2 3 8 11 18 7 1 2 4 7 9 6 1 1 4 4 9 -7 9
20 ABC 12 1 3 8 6 19 6 1 1 4 4 9 6 0 2 4 2 10 -13 6

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.