Ponte Preta vs Operário PR betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on August 23rd, 2024

Ponte Preta and Operário PR will on Friday, August 23rd, 2024 at 00:30h (UTC), play in a Serie B football game in Brazil, check the Ponte Preta vs Operário PR betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ponte Preta vs Operário PR will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio Moisés Lucarelli stadium, in the city of Campinas, with a capacity for 19722 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Ponte Preta vs Operário PR 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 2.18 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Ponte Preta last match

In the last match played, Ponte Preta met Amazonas, in a match valid for the Serie B. The match ended in a loss by 2-1. The coach N. Baptista Júnior's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 4.75 indicated as much.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Joilson, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Operário PR last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie B, Operário PR, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Vila Nova team with a final score of 2-3.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 4.75, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Ponte Preta vs Operário PR h2h

Ponte Preta was in 11th place when they last played Operário PR who was 6th place in Serie B. Ponte Preta played using the 4-3-3 formation while Operário PR responded with a 4-4-2 arrangement.

The last time these teams met was in a Serie B themed match that took place on the 11-05-2024 during the 2024 football season, it ended in a 1-1 draw, a competitive one it was.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Ponte Preta

Serie B leaderboard now

Ponte Preta joins the match with 28 points. They rank in 12th place in the Serie B, the team also suffers from a negative balance having won only 7 games, losing 8, and scoring 7 draws.

The team, in the 23rd round, enjoys an advantage of 1 point against the Coritiba team which is ranked just below, in position 13 and with 1 point less than Operário PR team that is in the 11th place.

Ponte Preta analysis

At the end of round 22 in Serie B, Ponte Preta scored 26 goals and conceded 27 goals.

his ball possession percentage is 48.67% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Operário PR and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Best goalscorer from Ponte Preta

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Jeferson Marinho dos Santos. Ponte Preta owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 6 goals in this season.

Operário PR

Serie B leaderboard now

Operário PR arrives in this game with 29 points, and in 11th place in the Serie B, having won 8 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 5 draws.

With the same score that the Ceará who occupies position 10, the team will fight for a best position in this 23rd round.

Operário PR analysis

After round 22 of Serie B we count 16 goals scored by Operário PR and 16 conceded.

Recent performances have highlighted that Operário PR is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

It is an average ball possession of 54.86% that the Operário PR team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.76 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from Operário PR

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Maxwell. Operário PR owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 4 goals in this season.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

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 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Operário PR is Maxwell, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Operário PR scores an average of 0.5 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.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.83 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.55 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 Operário PR who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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