Sinking in the relegation zone, Ponte Preta and Avaí come face to face this Sunday, October 22. At the Moisés Lucarelli stadium, in Campinas, they will fulfill the match established by the schedule of the thirtieth round of the Brazilian Championship in its 2017 version. The kick-off is scheduled for 19h (Brasília time).
The recent performance of Ponte Preta
On the night of Thursday, October 21, the Macaca did not resist Palmeiras. In Pacaembu, in São Paulo, he lost 2-0. Thus, he remained parked in the 32 points (eight wins, eight ties and 13 losses) and in the seventeenth position, the first in the relegation zone.
As it is traditional in this type of situation, the board decided to appeal to try to count on the support of the fans. Reduced the price of tickets and with tickets from R $ 5 expects to have a large presence of public to push the Black Bridge on Sunday.
It is a valid attempt, since the team seemed completely stagnant against Palmeiras. Despite taking the first goal in the 27th minute of the first half, Ponte Preta showed no strength to react. He tried only seven finals over the 90 minutes, none of which went in the right direction.
Coach Eduardo Baptista even attempted to improve the team’s creative capacity by putting Renato Cajá in the second half. The goal was not reached, but it is quite likely that the veteran player will be scaled among the starters against Avaí. Not because of his acting on Thursday, but because of the lack of better cast options.
The current form of Avaí
Avaí managed to spend some moments outside the relegation zone in the twenty-ninth round. Against Botafogo, in Florianópolis, opened the scoring in the 21 minutes of the second half through penalty box of Marquinhos. But there was an idea to it – the misdirected ball was turned into a cross towards Marcos Vinícius, who was waiting for it in the box.
That ended up increasing to six the series of games without victories (three ties and three defeats) and returned to the equipment in the region of the sticking. With 31 points (seven wins, 10 draws and 12 losses), he fell to the nineteenth (penultimate).
Owner of the worst attack of the Brasileirão with only 18 goals scored in 29 matches, Avaí may have a change in the sector. Cameroon Joel, who has been fasting since August, has a chance of losing his starting position to Romulo. Although he did not confirm the change, coach Claudinei Oliveira opened the possibility of making the change after the game against the alvinegro in Rio.
History of the bouts between Ponte Preta and Avaí
There were only three matches between Ponte Preta and Avaí in the First Division of the Brasileirão. A win for each side and a goalless draw that was recorded in the first round of the 2017 season.
PREDICTION: Ponte win @ 1.85