Atletico GO – Ponte Preta Prediction & Picks (04.09.2018)

Atlético GO and Ponte Preta meet at Estádio Antônio Accioly, in a match for the 25 th round of Serie B. Atlético GO won by (1-3) last time they met in this edition of the league, in 19 -05-2018. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 4. Ponte Preta presents considerable differences in its results at home and as a visitor, so in this match the factor House may be determinant.

Atlético GO:

After 10 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in the 5 th position, with 37 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Londrina by (4-1), after in the previous match they have won (1-0) at home, against CRB. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 22 conceded. In the last 10 home league matches Atlético GO has won 5, tied 3 and lost 2, for which they have won 18 points out of 30 possible.

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 6 games ago. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 8 times and only managed 2 comebacks. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 12 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (16′-30 ‘).

Atlético-GO is a club that has already conquered the B Series of the Brazilian Championship once, the title expired in 2016, as well as two titles of the C Series of the Brazilian Championship, in 1990 and 2008. In the current season, the team has been doing a relatively good campaign, winning 37 of the 72 points played so far, thus occupying the sixth position of the second division of the national championship, being with the same score as the fourth. In the last five games that Atletico-GO played at home, all for the second division of the national championship, the home team scored goals and in three did not suffer any. We believe that in this match, Atlético-GO, because they are playing inside their stadium, will again at least score a goal, as in the last matches.

Ponte Preta:

After 9 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 34 points won. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Guarani, by (0-0). In the last match, they tied with Vila Nova at home (1-1), after in the previous match they tied at home, against Guarani, by (0-0). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 10 conceded; against 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 14 suffered. In the last away game in this competition, they lost in by (1-0) against Londrina. In the last 10 away league matches Ponte Preta has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 9 of the last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 24 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 11 games in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have suffered 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘) and 3 of their 8 goals between (16′-30’).

The Ponte Preta is a club that never won the B Series of the Brazilian Championship. His best campaigns were two second positions, in the years of 1997 and 2014, as well as a final of the Copa Sudamericana, in 2013. In the current season of 2018, the team is occupying the ninth position of the Serie B. matches that Ponte Preta played as a visitor, has oscillated a lot between victories, defeats and draws. We see that the Ponte Preta did not suffer goals in three of the last five games as a visitor, but now, in this next match, to play against a very offensive opponent, as is the Goianiense Athletic, very likely going to suffer goals.