Ponte Preta journey to Arena Castelão on Friday for the Serie B meeting with hosts Fortaleza.
All Fortaleza v Ponte Preta game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (including the best match odds).
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Fortaleza
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Fortaleza will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-1 Serie B victory versus Sport Recife.
For Fortaleza, goals were scored by Rodrigo (28') and Welliton (90'). Pedro Henrique Perotti (69') scored for Sport Recife.
Over their preceding six games, Thiago Carpini's Fortaleza have netted a total of 6 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.
Coming into this fixture, Fortaleza haven't been beaten in the league by Ponte Preta in their last 2 games.
Ponte Preta
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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Atlético Goianiense in Serie B action, Ponte Preta will be hoping to turn things around here.
Coutinho (18', 20') was the scorer for Atlético Goianiense.
The forward players for Ponte Preta have failed to get amongst the goals in their past 6 clashes, contributing the poor return of only 3. In those fixtures, Macaca have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 13. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.
Taking a look at their past results, Ponte Preta:
- have not emerged victorious against Fortaleza in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
- are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
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Head to head
If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 27/07/2003, both clubs have shared the honours with Fortaleza winning 3 of those games, Ponte Preta 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
A total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 9 of them for Fortaleza and 9 for Macaca. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
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Prediction
Ponte Preta will have to play really well to get a goal against a Fortaleza outfit who have all the attributes to dominate.
We predict a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for Fortaleza at full-time.
Renata Leite,
02:01 29/06/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Fortaleza
Formed: 1918
Stadium: Arena Castelão (63,904)
Chairman: José Rolim Machado
Manager: Thiago Carpini
Competitions: Serie B position 8, Copa do Brasil (Round of 16)