Ponte Preta meet visiting club Athletic Club at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in the Serie B tie on Tuesday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Ponte Preta v Athletic Club, scroll down - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Ponte Preta
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Ponte Preta will be looking for an improved result here after the 3-2 Serie B loss in their previous game against Operário Ferroviário.
In that match, Ponte Preta had 38% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Operario Ferroviario got 20 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Pablo (31'), Hildeberto Pereira (53') and Dantas (90') scored for Operário Ferroviário.
It has not been often in recent games that Ponte Preta have shown defensive steel. In fact, Ponte Preta have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 13 goals in the process.
Athletic Club
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Athletic Club will go into the match following a 2-1 Serie B win versus São Bernardo in their previous fixture.
The attacking players from Athletic Club have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past 6 encounters, contributing the disappointing return of just 2. In those matches, Athletic have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 4. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Athletic Club:
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
- are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.
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Head to head
The last league fixture between these sides was Serie B match day 1 on 22/03/2026 which ended up with the score at Athletic Club 2-1 Ponte Preta.
On that occasion, Athletic Club had 44% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Luccas (27') and Jota (45').
On the other side, Ponte Preta got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Mascarenhas (45') was the scorer.
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Team News: Athletic Club
Athletic Club boss Alex de Souza has not got a full squad to pick from. Philipe Sampaio (muscular problems) and Ronaldo Tavares (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Ponte Preta will have to perform well to score against this Athletic Club lineup who we think will likely just have the edge.
We therefore fancy a 0-1 advantage for Athletic Club when the referee blows for full-time.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Checking on the latest odds for this match in the 90 minute result market, the win for Ponte Preta is best priced at 3.75, a bet on the draw is 3.1 & taking a punt on a win for Athletic Club comes in at 2.05. They are the best of the bets available at the current time.
Andre Moura,
11:02 24/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Ponte Preta
Formed: 1900
Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli (17,728)
Captain: Élvis Vieira Araújo
Chairman: Marco Antônio Eberlin
Manager: Márcio Zanardi
Competitions: Serie B position 19