Football betting preview: Ponte Preta favourites when Figueirense visits

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Mon 02.November
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli (19722 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Ponte Preta fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Figueirense.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Ponte Preta form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Ponte Preta are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Ponte haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 202 minutes ago. Dawhan scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Ponte will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie B game against CRB (placed 10th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Chapecoense (0-5).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ponte's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won four matches, drawn three and lost two.

The Ponte Preta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Figueirense form and stats

Figueirense, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie B, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

Figueirense played 1-1 against Juventude in their previous match. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus CRB.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Figueirense when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning one game.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Figueirense's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Figueirense have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Ponte Preta victories, two draws and three Figueirense wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Ponte Preta missing players

Figueirense missing players

Ponte Preta Figueirense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 7
7 3 0 Lost L 3 5 7
23 12 4 Scored S 1 3 12
26 15 3 Conceded C 7 11 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 72%
78% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 33% 39%
56% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 28%
22% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 17%
11% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
56% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 11% 22%
22% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 44%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 67% 61%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.3 2.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
220 121 29 Total Shots T S 15 72 150
69 40 6 Shots on Target S O 6 19 54
33% 30% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 16% 22%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Figueirense has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie B
  • Figueirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Figueirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ponte Preta has the most points from losing position (10) in Serie B
  • Ponte Preta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Figueirense have scored away.
  • Ponte Preta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chapecoense 19 11 7 1 21 5 9 6 3 0 8 1 10 5 4 1 13 4 16 40
2 Cuiaba 19 10 6 3 26 17 10 7 3 0 16 5 9 3 3 3 10 12 9 36
3 America Mineiro 19 10 5 4 20 12 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 5 3 2 8 5 8 35
4 CSA 19 8 4 7 26 21 10 7 1 2 20 9 9 1 3 5 6 12 5 28
5 Juventude 18 7 7 4 26 19 9 4 4 1 12 6 9 3 3 3 14 13 7 28
6 Parana 19 7 7 5 22 19 10 5 4 1 13 4 9 2 3 4 9 15 3 28
7 Sampaio Correa 17 8 3 6 25 15 9 5 0 4 12 7 8 3 3 2 13 8 10 27
8 Ponte Preta 18 8 3 7 23 26 9 4 2 3 12 15 9 4 1 4 11 11 -3 27
9 Avai 19 8 2 9 21 25 10 5 1 4 12 12 9 3 1 5 9 13 -4 26
10 CRB 19 7 5 7 22 23 9 5 3 1 14 7 10 2 2 6 8 16 -1 26
11 Confianca 19 6 7 6 21 22 9 4 4 1 12 9 10 2 3 5 9 13 -1 25
12 Operario PR 19 5 8 6 17 18 9 3 4 2 12 8 10 2 4 4 5 10 -1 23
13 Guarani 18 5 6 7 18 21 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 2 3 4 6 10 -3 21
14 Vitoria 19 4 9 6 21 21 10 4 3 3 12 9 9 0 6 3 9 12 0 21
15 Brasil de Pelotas 18 4 9 5 14 16 8 2 5 1 7 6 10 2 4 4 7 10 -2 21
16 Cruzeiro 19 7 5 7 19 17 10 4 2 4 11 8 9 3 3 3 8 9 2 20
17 Figueirense 18 4 7 7 12 17 9 2 5 2 9 6 9 2 2 5 3 11 -5 19
18 Nautico 18 4 7 7 16 22 9 2 5 2 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 19
19 Botafogo SP 19 5 3 11 12 19 9 3 1 5 8 9 10 2 2 6 4 10 -7 18
20 Oeste 19 1 4 14 10 37 10 1 2 7 4 15 9 0 2 7 6 22 -27 7

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.