The visiting Vila Nova side are thought to be the strongest party at Ponte Preta, as the guests own a 7 point lead from their eight league matches this season.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for Vila Nova when visiting Ponte as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ponte Preta and Vila Nova.
Ponte Preta form and stats
Ponte Preta have collected 8 points from their Serie B home games so far after 2-2-1.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Caique Franca Godoy not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Ponte's last game was hosting Vila Nova (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. Finally, a league victory after four games without one. Silva, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Silva hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Sampaio Correa the opponent.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 Preta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 3.
From these home matches, Ponte Preta have conceded only 3 goals.
Vila Nova form and stats
2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vila Nova in their Serie B matches away.
Vila lost away at Ponte Preta (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that loss this team had gained at least a draw from seven league matches in a row.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Ituano.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Vila Nova in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Vila Nova, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
Vila are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Vila Nova as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Ponte Preta have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (1-5-0) versus Vila Nova.The most up to date logged history between these participants is the Ponte Preta - Vila Nova 1-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sousa de Jesus 5 goals | P. da Silva Rosa 5 goals | E. Vieira Araújo 4 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Vila Nova missing players
| Ponte Preta | Vila Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 33% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 44% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.2 | 16.4 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.5 | 18 | 19.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 15% | 22% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 25% |
| 14.1 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 16.8 | 12.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- Vila Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vila Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vila Nova 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 | Vitoria | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Atletico GO | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Botafogo SP | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Guarani | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Novorizontino | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Mirassol | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Ceará | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Juventude | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | Ituano | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Londrina | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 16 | Sampaio Correa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Avai | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | CRB | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Tombense | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 20 | ABC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
