Ponte Preta welcome the visitors Botafogo SP in the Brazilian Campeonato Paulista – Round 9. The match will be held on Tuesday, March, 5th, at the Estadio Moises Lucarelli (Sao Paulo).
This Campeonato Paulista, Ponte Preta held 8 rounds and take the 3rd place so far. There are 4 matches left (including the coming clash), and the team’s breakaway from the 2nd tier, that is the play-off zone, is 8 points. However, if Preta register a win over Botafogo SP on Tuesday, they will minimize the gap to 5 points; then they will play 3 rounds more, so, still, there are chances. Preta welcomed 4 matches in which they suffered no loss. Only 1 encounter – against Mirassol – turned goal-rich, the other fixtures were underscoring.
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Botafogo feature a horrible season – over the span of 8 rounds, they attained only 4 points, therefore, they hold the last place in their group. Under the best circumstances, the team need to win 3 matches, and they cannot hope for any play-off; but even if Botafogo play their best, they may count on a draw against Preta at most. Judge for yourself: in 4 latest outings, the guests on the day lost and scored only 1 goal. By the way, all their 4 recent encounters were underscoring.
The hosts are certainly considered favorites – they still can fight for the play-offs, whereas the travelling side, going by their latest performance, have no chances. Notably, most of Preta’s home matches were underscoring, same as Botafogo’s 7 trips in which they produced 1 goal and less. As for the opponents’ head-to-head history, 4 of 5 their latest meetings were underscoring.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
