Ponte Preta will pray that their home comfort is enough to get a good result from this strenuous dispute, against high-octane Tombense.
- Ponte Preta have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tombense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Tombense could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago. That game, against CRB, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Tombense.
Ponte Preta form and stats
The total Serie B stats playing at home this season for Ponte Preta are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Ponte, facing Vila Nova in a game that ended 1-1. The striker Lucca won the honour of being "man of the match" for Ponte Preta with a rating of 7.63/10. Lucca scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sampaio Correa that ended 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ponte Preta handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The manager dos Anjos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CSA in only four days.
Ponte Preta aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. Defensively Ponte have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tombense form and stats
There's been little loot from Tombense's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Serie B. Tombense only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
Tombense are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at CRB (placed 12th). Goalkeeper Garcia got the top player rating of the team with 7.8/10. Garcia topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Nautico.We have checked recent matches where Tombense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 12 of this side's most recent 15 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 7 goals |   J. Ferreira da Silva 5 goals |  E. Galdino Moreira 4 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Tombense missing players
| Ponte Preta | Tombense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 73% | 57% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 53% | 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 73% |
| 40% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 11.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.1 | 11 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 16% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 27% |
| 12.4 | 10.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 16.4 | 13.7 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
- Ponte Preta have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tombense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Tombense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Bahia | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Tombense | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Brusque | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Criciuma | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Novorizontino | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Operario PR | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Sampaio Correa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | CRB | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Londrina | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Ituano | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | Nautico | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | CSA | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 19 | Guarani | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
