About Match
The table gap is wide: 26 points between Goiás (12th, 36 pts) and Ponte Preta (20th, 10 pts). On recent form Goiás sit only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Goiás 0.96 scored and 1.19 conceded per game, Ponte Preta 0.62 and 2.08, with the league averaging 1.15. A win here leaves Goiás on 39 points and up to 9th, other results permitting.
Ponte Preta have lost four in a row.
11 meetings are on record — 5 won by Goiás, 3 by Ponte Preta, 3 drawn, at 2.45 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 64% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 55%.
Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro in Goiânia hosts the game.