High profile Cruzeiro land at Ponte Preta after their 3-0-result against Vasco da Gama. Get out our full match preview!
- Ponte Preta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (44) in Serie B
Ponte Preta and Cruzeiro should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ponte Preta form and stats
8-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ponte Preta so far this season.
Happy days for Ponte in their previous game, a fixture away at Londrina (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Sanches, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Sanches won 7 of 7 duels.
In the match before that, Ponte Preta hosted Ituano and drew the game 1-1.Ponte Preta has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Defensively Ponte have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 15 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The visitors are W6-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
The Cruzeiro goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 320 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cruzeiro had fun at their own home (Estádio Moisés Lucarelli) last time out, beating Vasco da Gama 3-0. Henrique, Machado and Edu scored. Midfield player Machado was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Machado scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against CRB with the score of 2-0.Low on goals? 24 of this side's most recent 31 league matches have seen two or less goals.
Cruzeiro have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Cruzeiro - Ponte Preta 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ponte two wins, zero draws and Cruzeiro eight victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 14 goals |   E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 9 goals |  S. de Sousa Luvannor 5 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
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| Ponte Preta | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 44 |
| 26 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 84% | 73% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 61% | 40% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 68% |
| 29% | 20% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 3% | 7% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 20% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 35% |
| 45% | 73% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 55% |
| 32% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 13% |
| 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7 |
| 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 13.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 14.1 | 15.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 25% | 25% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | 28% |
| 12.5 | 10.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 12.1 | 10.1 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most clean sheets (17) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most points (24) away in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (44) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the the best goal difference (+28) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Serie B
- Cruzeiro is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ponte Preta 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 | Cruzeiro | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 68 |
| 2 | Gremio | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Bahia | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 48 |
| 5 | Londrina | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Ituano | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Ponte Preta | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 43 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -1 | 43 |
| 9 | Criciuma | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 10 | Sampaio Correa | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | CRB | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 40 |
| 12 | Tombense | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -6 | 40 |
| 13 | Vila Nova | 31 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Novorizontino | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 36 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 35 |
| 16 | Guarani | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | CSA | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 35 |
| 18 | Brusque | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 31 |
| 19 | Operario PR | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -13 | 31 |
| 20 | Nautico | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
