Betting Tips: Brazil Serie A / Sao Paulo V Ponte Preta

Brazil Serie A -- Match Time:9/13/2013 08:00 Friday

Sao Paulo  V  Ponte Preta Head to Head | Statistics| Odds

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sao Paulo have scored 4 and conceded 5 goals in their last 5 matches, winning two, losing two and drawing one game, which shows that once very successful team has been experiencing great problems lately. Their ranking 18th on the table doesn’t correspond with their so famous name and reputation. They are in the relegation zone with real danger of leaving the Serie A in the Brasilian football. Last season they ended on the fourth position and this is big decline of the form. In the last two matches they lost 2:0 to Coritiba and 2:1 to Criciuma. After these bad results they decide to fire the coach Paulo Autuori. The new coach Muricy Ramalho alredy leaded them very successfully and the fans wants him back. Their last three titles in the league were under his leading. In this match he will be missing the suspended striker Osvaldo, and injured Douglas and Thiago Carleto.

Ponte Preta occupy the 19th place on the ladder, with 15 points (3 points and 1 game less than Sao Paulo). The team have even greater problems than their opponent, as they have scored just two and conceded nine goals in their last five matches, losing them all. Ponte Preta have a few absent players for this match. The defender Diego Sacoman is suspended, while Ferron, Leonardo and Wescley are injured. Advincula and Luiz Ramires probably will miss the match because of the international duty. The strikers Chiquinho and Rildo will be back in the team.

Both teams are going to be concerned about not losing this game in the first place. As usual for several leagues of the southern countries, they will probably play defensively, trying to win by minimal 1:0. Both teams have low efficiency in this season with an average one goal per match, so I expect a low scoring match with less than three goals.

Sao Paulo vs Ponte Preta 
Betting Tip: Under 2.5