Match preview: 7 points separate the sides so far, Guarani having performed best. Will Ponte Preta upset the odds?
- Guarani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Ponte Preta nor Guarani as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ponte Preta form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Ponte Preta have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The spoils were shared in Ponte's previous game, also at home. Visiting Guarani (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The attacker Elvis was announced as "man of the match" for Ponte Preta with the rating of 7.85/10. Elvis served one assist, hit four key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Londrina.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ponte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Ponte Preta have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Guarani form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Guarani have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Guarani are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Ponte Preta (placed 17th). As mentioned above, Guarani drew the match against Ponte Preta. Manager Pivetti brought on Mendes to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Barbosa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Barbosa hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Sampaio Correa.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Guarani in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Guarani, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Little scoring action? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had zero, one or two goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Guarani has managed {4 goals} and let in 4 from 4 matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported result involving both these contenders is the Ponte Preta - Guarani 1-1 played not long ago this season. Ponte Preta-Guarani H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ponte Preta three wins, Guarani three wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sousa de Jesus 5 goals | P. da Silva Rosa 5 goals | E. Vieira Araújo 4 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 43% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.4 | 16 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 16% | 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 38% |
| 11.9 | 9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 17.2 | 17.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- Guarani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guarani have scored more than double the goals of Ponte Preta.
- Guarani have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Guarani 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 | Vitoria | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Atletico GO | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Criciuma | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Guarani | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Botafogo SP | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Novorizontino | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Londrina | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Ceara | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Chapecoense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | Sampaio Correa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Ituano | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Avai | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Juventude | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Ponte Preta | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | CRB | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Tombense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | ABC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 1 |
