Ponte Preta vs Avaí betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on August 04th, 2024

Ponte Preta and Avaí will on Sunday, August 04th, 2024 at 19:00h (UTC), play in a Serie B football game in Brazil, check the Ponte Preta vs Avaí betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ponte Preta vs Avaí will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio Moisés Lucarelli stadium, in the city of Campinas, with a capacity for 19722 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Ponte Preta vs Avaí betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie B has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.15 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Ponte Preta last match

Ponte Preta comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Sport Recife, in a match valid for Serie B, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 3-1. On the field, N. Baptista Júnior's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 8.00 were the best proof of this.

The whole defensive section of the team suffered a lot from the opponent's raids, but the most in trouble seemed to be Sergio Raphael. The player made many crucial mistakes during the match, and he will have to regain his lucidity as early as the next match in order to return useful to his team.

Avaí last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie B, Avaí, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Botafogo SP team with a final score of 1-1.

A win in this match had high probabilities, that is why the draw (odd 3.00) can be considered as a bad result.

Ponte Preta vs Avaí h2h

Ponte Preta was in 16th place in the Serie B while Avaí was in 13th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Ponte Preta team entered the field with the 4-3-3 formation, the same tactic Avaí used in the match.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023 season of the Serie B. The meeting took place on 04-11-2023 and ended with a 0-1 win for Avaí.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The Ponte Preta team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Avaí team, which has no wins recently.

Ponte Preta

Serie B leaderboard now

Having 23 points, 6 wins, 7 losses, 5 draws, and a negative balance, Ponte Preta ranks 12th place in the Serie B as they enter this game.

Which means that in the 19th round, the team has no advantage, over Coritiba team who is in the position 13.

Ponte Preta analysis

Ponte Preta have a negative goal difference, having after 18 rounds conceded 23 goals to opponents and scored 22. An average to improve.

The Ponte Preta team comes from a defeat in the Serie B, and its coach Nélson Baptista Júnior wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Ponte Preta has a ball possession percentage of 47.53% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Avaí and especially that the team will score more goals.

Best goalscorer from Ponte Preta

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Jeferson Marinho dos Santos. The Attacker scored 5 goals in the current season, helping Ponte Preta to achieve victory in several disputes.

Avaí

Serie B leaderboard now

Avaí arrives in this game with 25 points, and in 10th place in the Serie B, having won 6 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 7 draws.

Saddled with the same score that the Goiás team in position 9, in the 19th round.

Avaí analysis

We have reached matchday 18 in Serie B and at the moment Avaí has made 15 goals and conceded 14.

Recent performances have shown that Avaí is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 0.83 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Avaí

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Mauricio. Avaí owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 3 goals in this season.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Ponte Preta is Jeferson Marinho dos Santos, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Avaí is Mauricio, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Avaí has conceded 5 away goals in 8 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Avaí will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 0-1, something to take into consideration.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Taking into consideration that Avaí scores an average of 0.63 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.48.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.72 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Ponte Preta has an average of 2.8 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Avaí has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.78 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Ponte Preta side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 times this season, very different from Avaí who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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