Santos vs Ponte Preta betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on August 30th, 2024

Santos and Ponte Preta will play on Friday, August 30th, 2024, at 00:30h (UTC), in a Serie B game to be held in Brazil, check the Santos vs Ponte Preta betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santos vs Ponte Preta will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio Urbano Caldeira stadium, in the city of Santos, with a capacity for 16798 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Santos vs Ponte Preta 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 2.12 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Santos last match

Santos in its last official match drew (0-0) against Amazonas, in a match valid for Serie B. Coach F. Carille's lined up a 4-1-4-1 formation.

In the end, the draw (odd 3.90) cannot be considered a good result, especially considering that the chances of winning the match were high.

Although the overall performance of Santos fell short of the pre-match expectations, the good performance of some players should be noted. For example, Wendel Silva played an excellent match and showed himself to be a solid point for his teammates to rely on even in times of difficulty.

Ponte Preta 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, Ponte Preta, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Operário PR team with a final score of 0-1.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 3.80.

Santos vs Ponte Preta h2h

Santos occupied 3rd place when they went against Ponte Preta, who was in 14th place, in their last match at Serie B. Santos first went in with a 4-4-2 formation, which was engaged by Ponte Preta with a 4-3-3 deployment.

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 16-05-2024 in a Serie B match of the 2024 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 1-2 win for Santos.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

Santos

Serie B leaderboard now

The Santos team with 39 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 11 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses.

Which means that in the 24th round, the team has no advantage, over Mirassol team who is in the position 3.

Santos analysis

At the end of round 23 in Serie B, Santos scored 34 goals and conceded 16 goals.

Winning 4 games as the visiting team, the team’s record of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws proves they are naturally stronger at home.

In comparison to Ponte Preta 2106 attacks and 26 goals, Santos has had 2255 attacks and 34 goals.

Best goalscorer from Santos

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Guilherme Augusto. He has already scored 6 times this season and has helped Santos come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Ponte Preta

Serie B leaderboard now

Ponte Preta arrives in this game with 28 points, and in 13th place in the Serie B, having won 7 games in total and lost 9 times, making a total of 7 draws.

This means that Botafogo SP team, in 14th place, is close behind in the 24th round with a disadvantage of 2 points.

Ponte Preta analysis

Currently, in the Serie B, Ponte Preta sums 26 goals for and a total of 28 goals against, after 23 rounds played.

Best goalscorer from Ponte Preta

In this season, the individual highlight is Jeferson Marinho dos Santos that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 6 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Ponte Preta achieved in several matches.

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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 Santos is Guilherme Augusto, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Ponte Preta is Jeferson Marinho dos Santos, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Ponte Preta scores an average of 0.42 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 1.73.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.96 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 4.83 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 time this season, very different from Santos who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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