Here is all you need to know about the Serie B match Ponte Preta - Vasco da Gama!
- Ponte Preta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ponte Preta form and stats
4-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ponte Preta so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Ponte Preta bring valid hopes of a third.
Ponte Preta shared the glory with CRB in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Sanches got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Sanches served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Operário PR in a game that was won 3-0.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 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
There will be little rest for Ponte Preta after this match as they are travelling to Brusque for a Serie B game in only three days.
Ponte have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Ponte Preta have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vasco da Gama playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. Vasco has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
218 minutes! That's how long the Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Thiago Rodrigues de Oliveira Nogueira and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Vasco da Gama delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Chapecoense (placed 16th) in their previous game. Defender Conceição was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Conceição won 5 of 7 duels.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus CRB.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Vasco da Gama in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Vasco, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 18 of this team's last 22 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
After this away game Vasco da Gama return home for a Serie B game against Tombense. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Vasco da Gama have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Ponte Preta.Vasco da Gama - Ponte 1-0 was the story when these sides formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ponte Preta one win, four draws and Vasco da Gama five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 9 goals |   A. de Carvalho 5 goals |  R. Santana de Vasconcelos 5 goals |
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| Ponte Preta | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| 77% | 60% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 77% |
| 55% | 30% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 45% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 36% | 10% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 45% | 80% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 64% |
| 41% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 32% |
| 5.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | 10.6 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 20% | 18% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | 28% |
| 12 | 9.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.2 | 14.9 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Ponte Preta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ponte Preta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Ponte Preta have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 49 |
| 2 | Bahia | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Londrina | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Tombense | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Sport Recife | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Sampaio Correa | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Criciuma | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | CRB | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 12 | Ituano | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Brusque | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 15 | Operário PR | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 17 | CSA | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Guarani | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 19 | Vila Nova | 22 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Nautico | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 18 |
