Serie B game guide and facts: Sampaio Corrêa against Ponte Preta

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Mon 03.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves (40000 seats)

This is it, this is Serie B and this is Sampaio Corrêa - Ponte Preta. Read our comprehensive match guide!

Insights:
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ponte Preta have scored away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Ponte Preta have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Sampaio Corrêa have less rest than Ponte Preta in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie B game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Gremio, was also a home game here at Estádio Governador João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves. The away team is better rested.

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Sampaio Corrêa form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 16 Serie B games here at Estádio Governador João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves for Sampaio Corrêa. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

The Sampaio Corrêa followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Gremio and win 2-1. Midfielder Vila was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.95 (out of ten) in that game. Vila scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Nautico and winning 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sampaio Corrêa handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The manager Condé will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CSA in only four days.

A decent goal production from Sampaio in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 16 league matches. Sampaio Corrêa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

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Ponte Preta form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponte Preta so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Ponte failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cruzeiro (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-4. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Londrina at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Ponte Preta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The attacking power of Ponte Preta when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ponte have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived match featuring both these sides is the Ponte Preta - Sampaio Corrêa 0-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sampaio Corrêa two wins, five draws and Ponte Preta three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SampaioG. Buscariol Poveda
G. Buscariol Poveda
15 goals
Ponte PretaL. Borges De Brito
L. Borges De Brito
14 goals
Sampaio CorrêaY. de Oliveira Ferreira
Y. de Oliveira Ferreira
7 goals

Sampaio Corrêa missing players

Ponte Preta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sampaio Corrêa Ponte Preta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
12 11 1 Won W 0 3 11
9 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
11 1 1 Lost L 2 8 11
39 31 7 Scored S 3 13 30
36 12 5 Conceded C 7 21 30
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 84%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 62%
41% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 31%
19% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
3% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
53% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 41%
25% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 44%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 31%
 
4.2 4.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 5.5
4.9 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.6 5.4
1.8 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
13.1 14.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.8 12.2
4.3 5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.8
28% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 25%
 
12.1 11.8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.9 12.5
4 3.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Sampaio Corrêa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ponte Preta have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ponte Preta have scored away.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 32 21 8 3 48 17 16 14 2 0 28 4 16 7 6 3 20 13 31 71
2 Gremio 32 14 11 7 38 22 16 12 2 2 31 9 16 2 9 5 7 13 16 53
3 Bahia 32 15 7 10 36 24 16 11 3 2 26 9 16 4 4 8 10 15 12 52
4 Vasco da Gama 32 13 10 9 36 29 16 10 6 0 25 6 16 3 4 9 11 23 7 49
5 Ituano 32 12 11 9 36 28 16 8 6 2 20 8 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 47
6 Londrina 32 12 10 10 31 30 16 7 6 3 20 15 16 5 4 7 11 15 1 46
7 Sport Recife 32 12 10 10 26 26 16 11 4 1 20 5 16 1 6 9 6 21 0 46
8 Criciuma 32 11 13 8 34 26 16 8 5 3 19 8 16 3 8 5 15 18 8 46
9 Sampaio Corrêa 32 12 9 11 39 36 16 11 4 1 31 12 16 1 5 10 8 24 3 45
10 Ponte Preta 32 11 10 11 30 30 16 8 5 3 17 9 16 3 5 8 13 21 0 43
11 Tombense 32 10 13 9 30 34 16 9 7 0 21 9 16 1 6 9 9 25 -4 43
12 CRB 32 10 10 12 28 37 16 6 8 2 16 11 16 4 2 10 12 26 -9 40
13 Chapecoense 32 9 11 12 30 31 16 5 5 6 18 18 16 4 6 6 12 13 -1 38
14 Guarani 32 9 11 12 27 33 16 6 6 4 13 12 16 3 5 8 14 21 -6 38
15 Vila Nova 32 7 17 8 24 28 16 4 10 2 11 9 16 3 7 6 13 19 -4 38
16 Novorizontino 32 9 9 14 31 39 16 7 5 4 20 16 16 2 4 10 11 23 -8 36
17 CSA 32 7 14 11 24 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 16 1 7 8 6 18 -7 35
18 Operario PR 32 7 11 14 26 39 16 6 5 5 16 13 16 1 6 9 10 26 -13 32
19 Brusque 32 8 7 17 19 31 16 6 4 6 12 12 16 2 3 11 7 19 -12 31
20 Nautico 32 7 6 19 27 49 16 5 4 7 20 20 16 2 2 12 7 29 -22 27

Table
  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 32 21 8 3 48 17 16 14 2 0 28 4 16 7 6 3 20 13 31 71
2 Gremio 32 14 11 7 38 22 16 12 2 2 31 9 16 2 9 5 7 13 16 53
3 Bahia 32 15 7 10 36 24 16 11 3 2 26 9 16 4 4 8 10 15 12 52
4 Vasco da Gama 32 13 10 9 36 29 16 10 6 0 25 6 16 3 4 9 11 23 7 49
5 Ituano 32 12 11 9 36 28 16 8 6 2 20 8 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 47
6 Londrina 32 12 10 10 31 30 16 7 6 3 20 15 16 5 4 7 11 15 1 46
7 Sport Recife 32 12 10 10 26 26 16 11 4 1 20 5 16 1 6 9 6 21 0 46
8 Criciuma 32 11 13 8 34 26 16 8 5 3 19 8 16 3 8 5 15 18 8 46
9 Sampaio Corrêa 32 12 9 11 39 36 16 11 4 1 31 12 16 1 5 10 8 24 3 45
10 Ponte Preta 32 11 10 11 30 30 16 8 5 3 17 9 16 3 5 8 13 21 0 43
11 Tombense 32 10 13 9 30 34 16 9 7 0 21 9 16 1 6 9 9 25 -4 43
12 CRB 32 10 10 12 28 37 16 6 8 2 16 11 16 4 2 10 12 26 -9 40
13 Chapecoense 32 9 11 12 30 31 16 5 5 6 18 18 16 4 6 6 12 13 -1 38
14 Guarani 32 9 11 12 27 33 16 6 6 4 13 12 16 3 5 8 14 21 -6 38
15 Vila Nova 32 7 17 8 24 28 16 4 10 2 11 9 16 3 7 6 13 19 -4 38
16 Novorizontino 32 9 9 14 31 39 16 7 5 4 20 16 16 2 4 10 11 23 -8 36
17 CSA 32 7 14 11 24 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 16 1 7 8 6 18 -7 35
18 Operario PR 32 7 11 14 26 39 16 6 5 5 16 13 16 1 6 9 10 26 -13 32
19 Brusque 32 8 7 17 19 31 16 6 4 6 12 12 16 2 3 11 7 19 -12 31
20 Nautico 32 7 6 19 27 49 16 5 4 7 20 20 16 2 2 12 7 29 -22 27

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.