It's game two of the Serie B season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Ponte Preta-Vasco da Gama!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Ponte Preta form and stats
Last season, Ponte Preta's league statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Paulista A1. Over these twelve matches they scored 13 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Ponte Preta managed 2-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 8 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager F. Ribeiro Moreno led his Ponte Preta to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Brusque. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli. The attacker Camilo was "man of the match" for Ponte with a rating of 6.83/10. Camilo scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Novorizontino in the Paulista A1.Vasco da Gama form and stats
Let's have a look at how Vasco da Gama performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 19/23 goals scored/conceded.
Two travels in a row for Vasco, whose manager M. Ribeiro Cabo could celebrate last time after the Copa do Brasil win against Boavista. Rômulo got a match rating of 6.22 in that game, top player of the team. Rômulo had 69 successful passes (of 76 total).
The game before that, in the Serie B, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Operario PR.A quick return to home after this game, as Vasco are hosting Boavista in the Copa do Brasil only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Ponte-Vasco da Gama H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ponte Preta two wins, Vasco da Gama four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Camilo Farias 1 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Ponte Preta | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ponte Preta | Last season | Vasco da Gama | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 47% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 47% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 67% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 7% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guarani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Confianca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Coritiba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Brusque | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Nautico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Operario PR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | CRB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Remo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Vila Nova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Vitória | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Brasil de Pelotas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Goias | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Londrina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | CSA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Avaí | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sao Paulo | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Ferroviaria | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | São Bento | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 9 |