Ponte Preta look to Estadio Moises Lucarelli supporters for inspiration before São Bento match

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Date: Wed 06.November
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Moises Lucarelli (19722 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Ponte Preta are in the 12th position while the guests worry at 20th.

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.

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Ponte Preta form and stats

Ponte Preta have played 16 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Estadio Moises Lucarelli after sharing the points with América Mineiro (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Serie B game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Ponte Preta lost 1-2 at home to Vitória.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ponte Preta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ponte Preta as they are travelling to their away game against Guarani in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

Ponte Preta has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Ponte Preta have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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São Bento form and stats

There's been little loot from São Bento's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 16 away games in the Serie B. São Bento, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Serie B, only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws.

São Bento are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Criciúma (placed 18th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Guarani.

10 saves made goalkeeper Henal a hero against Criciúma.

São Bento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cuiabá in just three days.

São Bento find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, São Bento have conceded 27 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: São Bento - Ponte Preta 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ponte Preta won 5 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and São Bento has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Ponte PretaRoger
Roger
13 goals
São BentoZe Roberto
Ze Roberto
11 goals
São BentoDoriva
Doriva
3 goals

Ponte Preta missing players

São Bento missing players

Ponte Preta São Bento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
10 7 2 Won W 0 2 7
12 5 1 Drew D 0 3 8
10 4 2 Lost L 5 11 17
34 21 8 Scored S 5 18 34
31 14 7 Conceded C 10 27 46
78% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
53% 50% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 75%
38% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 50%
22% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 22%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 6%
47% 44% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 59%
38% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
38% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 31%
 
4.5 4.7 4.4 Corners For (avg) C F 5.4 5.4 6.2
5.1 4.4 3.6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.4 7.7 6
2.9 2.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.4 3.1 2.9
4 3 0 Red Cards R C 1 4 7
Key stats this season:
  • São Bento have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • São Bento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • São Bento haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Bragantino 32 18 8 6 53 22 16 11 5 0 34 10 16 7 3 6 19 12 31 62
2 Sport Recife 32 14 14 4 44 28 16 9 6 1 25 12 16 5 8 3 19 16 16 56
3 Coritiba 32 14 10 8 41 32 16 10 3 3 23 13 16 4 7 5 18 19 9 52
4 Atlético GO 32 12 15 5 34 24 16 7 7 2 22 12 16 5 8 3 12 12 10 51
5 América Mineiro 32 13 10 9 35 29 16 8 4 4 20 16 16 5 6 5 15 13 6 49
6 CRB 32 13 8 11 37 33 16 5 5 6 17 19 16 8 3 5 20 14 4 47
7 Paraná 32 12 11 9 26 27 16 6 8 2 10 5 16 6 3 7 16 22 -1 47
8 Operário PR 32 12 9 11 29 35 16 10 3 3 19 12 16 2 6 8 10 23 -6 45
9 Botafogo SP 32 12 8 12 30 29 16 6 5 5 17 14 16 6 3 7 13 15 1 44
10 Cuiabá 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 6 6 11 16 1 44
11 Brasil de Pelotas 32 11 9 12 26 31 16 7 4 5 11 11 16 4 5 7 15 20 -5 42
12 Ponte Preta 32 10 12 10 34 31 16 7 5 4 21 14 16 3 7 6 13 17 3 42
13 Guarani 32 11 6 15 24 30 16 9 1 6 16 14 16 2 5 9 8 16 -6 39
14 Oeste 32 8 15 9 37 37 16 5 9 2 19 12 16 3 6 7 18 25 0 39
15 Vitória 32 9 10 13 33 41 16 5 6 5 16 15 16 4 4 8 17 26 -8 37
16 Londrina 32 10 5 17 32 43 16 6 3 7 18 19 16 4 2 10 14 24 -11 35
17 Figueirense 32 6 15 11 26 35 15 4 5 6 16 20 17 2 10 5 10 15 -9 33
18 Criciúma 32 6 13 13 24 33 17 5 7 5 16 15 15 1 6 8 8 18 -9 31
19 Vila Nova 32 6 13 13 23 37 16 1 9 6 9 18 16 5 4 7 14 19 -14 31
20 São Bento 32 7 8 17 34 46 16 5 5 6 16 19 16 2 3 11 18 27 -12 29

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