Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Vitória (1st, 72 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Ponte Preta (15th, 42 pts). On the form table Ponte Preta stood 9th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Ponte Preta ran at 0.63 scored and 0.92 conceded, Vitória at 1.32 and 0.82.
Vitória came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ponte Preta 1, draws 2, Vitória 5, at 2.63 goals per meeting.
The venue was Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in Campinas, with room for 19,722 spectators. The referee was M. Lima Barbosa, with 50 matches in our database and 3.8 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Ponte Preta led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.