Serie B: Top-notch against not good enough, at least according to the league table. Sport Recife - Ponte Preta. Home win or a shock result?
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals (4) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for Ponte Preta when visiting Recife as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Sport Recife and Ponte Preta should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife have collected 9 points from their Serie B home games so far after 3-0-1.
Juba was the last player to score a league goal for Sport Recife and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sport Recife haven't scored in 257 minutes.
Recife's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus CRB (placed 15th). The forward Juba was named "man of the match" for Sport Recife with the rating of 7.63/10. Juba hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that, Sport Recife played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Novorizontino.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Recife handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
As for guarding their own goal, Sport Recife have only let in 1 goal at home.
Ponte Preta form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (4) in Serie B, are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
Ponte played 0-0 against Chapecoense in their previous match. Lopes was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Lopes won 8 of 12 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Bahia before that.We have checked recent matches where Ponte Preta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 1 victory, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Ponte Preta are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. As opposed to that, Ponte have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Sport Recife, three draws and three wins for Ponte Preta. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. Parraguez Herrera 4 goals |  J. Flores dos Reis 3 goals |  Luciano 2 goals |
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| Sport Recife | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 67% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 44% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 5.4 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 13.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 20% | 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 8% | 13% |
| 14.2 | 10.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.8 | 11.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Ponte Preta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals (4) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have yet to win a game away.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ponte Preta have scored away.
- Sport Recife have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sport Recife 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Bahia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Gremio | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Novorizontino | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Operario PR | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Chapecoense | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Sampaio Correa | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | CSA | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Londrina | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Ituano | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Criciuma | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Brusque | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | CRB | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Tombense | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Vila Nova | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 19 | Nautico | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 20 | Guarani | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
