Ponte Preta take on the visitors Coritiba at the Estadio Moises Lucarelli in the 37th tour of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B. The match will be played in Campinas on Wednesday, November 14th.
Last season Ponte Preta got relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A. Now though they have a big chance of coming back to it quickly. In their last six Serie B fixtures the Macaca won five times and drew only one against Fortaleza. Last tour particularly they beat Juventude with a 1-0 score. Now they are really close to the highest places in the league placing behind Avai and Goias. The goal for the team of Joao Brigatti right now is to win every match. The home crowd advantage should help them greatly on Wednesday. It`s also worth noting that there will be some changes in the squad of the Macaca against Coritiba most likely. In their last four away games Ponte Preta won two of them cleanly over Boa and CRB (both with 1-0 scores). In their last three matches overall Ponte Preta beat Juventude with a 1-0 score, Boa with the same 1-0 score and Sao Bento with a 2-1 score.
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Coritiba have the most expensive squad in the whole Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B. Last season they got relegated from the Serie B as well as Ponte Preta. However, they have been pretty far from the highest place in the league this season and have been showing especially poor performances on the away fields. It`s worth noting that the Coxa has changed several head coaches throughout the 2018 Campeonato Braileiro Serie B season. They have 49 points to their credit right now and only 14 of them have been gotten on the away fields by them. Interestingly, they are seven points behind Ponte Preta in the table. In their last away fixture the Glorioso lost to Sao Bento with a 2-5 score. It`s also worth noting that some of the key players for them will miss the upcoming game against Ponte Preta. In their last three matches overall Coritiba beat Goias with a 1-0 score, lost to Sao Bento with a 2-5 score and to Guarani with a 0-2 score.
Ponte Preta have no right to lose to Coritiba on Wednesday. In their three last matches between the teams at the Estadio Moises Lucarelli the Macaca won all of them conceding no goals overall. Recently they have been conceding less than one goal in front of their home crowd on average. It is likely that the team of Joao Brigatti will get the victory on Wednesday but with only a few goals scored overall.
Prediction for the match: Ponte Preta to win and under 3.5 goals scored.
