Ponte Preta – Corinthians PREDICTION & TIPS
Ponte Preta and Corinthians face each other at the Moisés Lucarelli Stadium in a match for the 31st round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Corinthians won 2-0 at the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 08-07- 2017. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 7 games. However, the last time they faced in this stadium was in 04-04-2017, in a game for Paulista A1 that finished with the victory of Corinthians by (0-3). The goals of the match were scored by Rodriguinho (14 ‘and 80’) and Jádson (59 ‘) for Corinthians. Although this is a game between 18th and 1st of the overall ranking, it is actually a game between the 11th place in home games and the first as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 18th place with 32 points, after 8 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Palmeiras by (2-0). In the last match, lost at home to Avaí by (1-2). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 24 points, against only 8 in their games as a visitor. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Ponte Preta recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, having won 12 points out of 30. The team has conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 30 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 13 times and never managed to turn the score.
The team at Ponte Preta is in serious danger of falling out of division, because until the moment it is within the relegation zone for the B series. The team is showing great deficiency in its defensive sector, having already suffered forty goals in thirty games and therefore has an average of more than one goal conceded per game. In the last round the team ended up being defeated in the home for the team of Avaí, therefore it needs a lot to recover the lost points, however it will face a classic ahead, and against the leader of the competition. The technician Eduardo Baptista will have the embezzlement of Renato Cajá who is in the medical department, in the rest will take what is best to his disposition to field.
The visiting team is currently in 1st place with 59 points, after 17 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, tied at home to Grêmio by (0-0). In the last match, lost out to Botafogo by (2-1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves practically the same points at home and away with 23 goals scored and 10 goals conceded at home, against 17 goals scored and 10 conceded. In the championship, Corinthians won 15 points in 30 chances, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 games they played as a visitor. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (9 out of 15 matches). The team allowed their opponents’ goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 13 of the last 15 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 30 games in this competition, he never got around to scoring in the 8 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 2 periods in the last 15 matches played as a visitor for this competition: scored 6 of his 17 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘); suffered 4 of his 10 goals in minutes (46’-60 ‘).
The Corinthians team knows that the championship is coming to an end, and they want to recover their good campaign in the first round, the teams that are behind in the leaderboard are touching on their score, so they can no longer stumble into the championship. The team has the best defense of the championship with Santos, with only 20 goals conceded, and clings to this factor to achieve a good result in this game. In the last round the visiting team ended up being defeated, away from home, by Botafogo by the 2×1 score. The coach Fabio Carille will have the return of two players the team in this round, they are: defender Pablo and striker Romero.
Ponte Preta – Corinthians FREE TIPS
Corinthians – Win @ 2.35
Both teams to score / YES @ 2.00
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
