The league table in Serie B tells a story about these teams so far, with Ponte Preta leading Guarani by 10 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Ponte Preta form and stats
Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Ponte Preta are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The Ponte crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Juventude here at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in a Serie B match. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Cruzeiro.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ponte Preta as they are travelling to their away game against Cuiabá in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
The Ponte Preta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Ponte have conceded 10 goals.
Guarani form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. With three draws in a row for Guarani the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Visiting Guarani has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Guarani has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to America Mineiro for a Serie B game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sampaio Correa.
A quick return to home after this game, as Guarani are hosting CRB in the Serie B only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Guarani as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Guarani have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Ponte won five, Guarani won two and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. da Silva Alves 6 goals | M. Vieira Campos Peixoto 4 goals |  G. Ribeiro Junior 3 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Guarani missing players
| Ponte Preta | Guarani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 62% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 54% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 155 | 96 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 76 | 152 |
| 50 | 32 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 36% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 28% |
- Guarani has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta has the most points from losing position (10) in Serie B
- 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 | Cuiabá | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Chapecoense | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Juventude | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Paraná | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | CRB | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | America Mineiro | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Vitoria | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Operario PR | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Avaí | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Brasil de Pelotas | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Confiança | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Botafogo SP | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Náutico | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | CSA | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Figueirense | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 17 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Sampaio Correa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 19 | Guarani | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Oeste | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 6 |