Ponte Preta vs CRB Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Ponte Preta

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Ponte Preta head into this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Serie B tied result against Juventude.

In that game, Ponte Preta had 47% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Juventude had 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

Ponte Preta have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their sum of goals equals just 1 against opponents over their last 6 fixtures. In those games, Ponte Preta have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 5. Despite that, it remains to be seen if that pattern will be maintained in this game or not.

CRB

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CRB go into this encounter following on from a 2-0 Serie B win as they beat Tombense in their last match.

In that match, CRB had 60% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 on target. For CRB, the scorers were Anselmo Ramón (60') and Bruno Silva (75'). For their opponents, Tombense had 5 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the past 6 games featuring CRB, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game within that period is a paltry 2, with the number of goals averaged by Galo equalling 1.17.

Their past results show that CRB:

• are winless against Ponte Preta when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 24/01/2021 shows us that Ponte Preta have won 3 of them and CRB 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined sum of 11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Macaca and 4 for Galo. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 19 on 21/07/2023 when it finished CRB 1-0 Ponte Preta.

In that match, CRB managed 65% possession and 18 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Renato (34').

Ponte Preta had 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

📋 Team News: Ponte Preta

There is just one fitness concern for the Ponte Preta manager João Brigatti to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Jean Carlos (Torn lateral knee ligament) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: CRB

Owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the CRB boss Daniel Paulista has no fitness worries whatsoever before this game.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that CRB might have a difficult job to be putting a goal past this Ponte Preta side who we think will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore expecting a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Ponte Preta at full-time.

A close call.

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Andre Moura, 01:02 21/11/2023