Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Operário PR 7th with 40 points, Ponte Preta 20th with 10, 30 apart. On recent form Operário PR sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Operário PR ran at 1.27 scored and 1.27 conceded, Ponte Preta at 0.62 and 2.08.
5 matches unbeaten backed Operário PR's arrival, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Seven consecutive defeats weighed on Ponte Preta. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Operário PR against 0/15 for Ponte Preta.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Operário PR, 1 for Ponte Preta and 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
With 55 matches recorded and 2.6 yellow cards per game, B. Pereira Vasconcelos was the man in the middle. Estádio Germano Krüger, capacity 10,632, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Operário PR: Pablo (31'), Hildeberto Pereira (53'), Caio Henrique da Silva Dantas (90') · Ponte Preta: Brandão (7'), Brandão (49')
Key stats
Possession: Operário PR 62% · Ponte Preta 38% · Total shots: 20-11 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 6-6