📏 Form Guide

Ponte Preta

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Ponte Preta will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 3-0 Serie B victory over CRB.

In that game, Ponte Preta managed 49% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Ponte Preta was Pablo Dyego (21', 47'). For their opponents, CRB got 8 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Under three goals per match were scored during 5 of the last 6 meetings where Ponte Preta have been involved. In terms of the goal weighting during this period, opposition teams scored a total of 3 and Ponte Preta managed a tally of 4.

Coritiba

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Águia de Marabá in Copa do Brasil action, Coritiba and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only player to score from Coritiba was Bruno Melo (96').

Looking at their form, and Coritiba have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in total. Defensively, Coritiba have clearly had some problems. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head clashes stretching back to 20/07/2017 shows that Ponte Preta have won 3 of these games & Coritiba 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 of them from Macaca and 7 belonging to Coxa. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league contest between these clubs was Serie B match day 38 on 26/11/2021 and the score finished Ponte Preta 3-2 Coritiba.

In that match, Ponte Preta managed 48% possession and 23 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Josiel (52').

Coritiba got 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

📋 Team News: Ponte Preta

The Ponte Preta manager João Brigatti has no fitness concerns at all coming into this match owing to a fully healthy squad to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Coritiba

Owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the Coritiba manager Guto Ferreira has zero fitness worries to report before this match.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that Coritiba are capable enough to find the net against this Ponte Preta lineup, but it realistically won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Ponte Preta when the full-time whistle blows. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 20:01 21/04/2024