Ponte Preta are keen to get the points at home in this upcoming fixture hosting Operário PR.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
- Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Serie B
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.
Ponte Preta form and stats
3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ponte Preta so far this season. When Ponte Preta hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Vila Nova, Chapecoense, CSA, Guarani, Ponte Preta and Nautico), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The supporters are hoping that Ponte Preta will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Gremio (placed 2nd). Until that beating this club had gone six consecutive league meetings without losing. The talented striker Luiz bettered all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.41 out of 10. Luiz scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that match, Ponte won a home game hosting Nautico (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ponte Preta handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 20 league games, 15 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ponte here at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 9 games). Ponte Preta have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Ponte has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Operário PR form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Operário PR so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Operário PR's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Operário's last game was the home draw against Tombense (0-0). Arnaldo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.22. Arnaldo won 7 of 10 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Novorizontino before that.We have checked recent matches where Operário PR have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Operário PR as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Operário PR have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head match ended Operário PR - Ponte 2-0, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Ponte Preta victories, two draws and three Operário PR wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 4 red cards from the last seven duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 9 goals |   P. Luiz de Souza 4 goals | G. Confreste Pavani 2 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Operário PR missing players
| Ponte Preta | Operário PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 17 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 75% | 56% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 50% | 22% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 35% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 45% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 30% | 35% |
| 45% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 45% |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 13.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.3 | 10.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 17% | 13% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 21% | 26% |
| 12.3 | 9.7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 15.9 | 13.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
- 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 45 |
| 2 | Gremio | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Bahia | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Londrina | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | Tombense | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sampaio Corrêa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | CRB | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Criciúma | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Sport Recife | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Brusque | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Ituano | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Operário PR | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 17 | CSA | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Guarani | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Nautico | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
