Ponte Preta vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on October 05th, 2024

Ponte Preta and Botafogo SP will face each other in a Serie B game in Brazil on Saturday, October 05th, 2024, at 20:00h (UTC), check the Ponte Preta vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ponte Preta vs Botafogo SP will occur

The game takes place 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 Botafogo SP 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 2.1 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Ponte Preta last match

Ponte Preta in its last official match lost (2-1) against Novorizontino, in a match valid for Serie B. Coach N. Baptista Júnior's lined up a 4-3-3 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 6.00 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly Joilson. The player made a lot of mistakes throughout the match, and he will have to work hard over the course of the season if he wants to help his team win and climb the standings.

Botafogo SP 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, Botafogo SP, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Vila Nova team with a final score of 1-1.

For this match the rival team had all the favoritism, so considering that factor, the draw (odd 3.30) ended up being a good result.

Ponte Preta vs Botafogo SP h2h

Ponte Preta was in 13th place when they last played Botafogo SP who was 16th place in Serie B. Ponte Preta played using the 4-3-3 formation while Botafogo SP responded with a 5-4-1 arrangement.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024 Serie B season. The match, played on 20-06-2024, recorded the 2-0 win for Botafogo SP.

Ponte Preta

Serie B leaderboard now

Having 32 points, 8 wins, 13 losses, 8 draws, and a negative balance, Ponte Preta ranks 15th place in the Serie B as they enter this game.

This means that Botafogo SP team, in 16th place, is close behind in the 30th round with the same score.

Ponte Preta analysis

Currently, Ponte Preta has a tally of 31 goals scored and 40 goals against, at the end of round 29 of Serie B.

Ponte Preta team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the Serie B that has been affecting the team's morale.

Ponte Preta has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 4.48 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

Over the course of the tournament, Ponte Preta recorded an average ball possession of 47.79%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Ponte Preta will play against Botafogo SP, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won once away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 7 wins against 5 losses, and 2 draws.

While Botafogo SP has only managed to convert 25 of their 2384 attacks into goals, Ponte Preta has been much more successful with 2574 attacks and 31 goals.

Best goalscorer from Ponte Preta

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Jeferson Marinho dos Santos. The Attacker has already scored 7 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Ponte Preta, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Botafogo SP

Serie B leaderboard now

Botafogo SP arrives in this game with 32 points, and in 16th place in the Serie B, having won 7 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 11 draws.

In the 30th round, the team has the same score that the Ponte Preta who occupies position 15.

Botafogo SP analysis

Currently, in the Serie B, Botafogo SP sums 25 goals for and a total of 36 goals against, after 29 rounds played.

The team starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 0.89 scored per game.

Best goalscorer from Botafogo SP

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name A. de Jesus Jeruzalem Júnior. Botafogo SP owes some of their triumphs to the Defender who scored 4 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 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Botafogo SP is A. de Jesus Jeruzalem Júnior, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

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 Botafogo SP scores an average of 1 goal 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 1.5.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.76 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Ponte Preta has an average of 2.8 yellow cards per game over the 29 rounds, while Botafogo SP has an average of 2.9. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.86 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 7 times this season, very different from Botafogo SP who only saw the red card 6 times. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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