Ponte Preta vs Athletic Club — Serie B 2026
Serie B · Round 20
Ponte Preta score first in only 27% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 13+ matches
Ponte Preta42%
Athletic Club31%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Ponte Preta creates 20% more chances
Season form · 13 home / 18 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Ponte Preta ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Ponte Preta at home — creates 1.34, concedes 1.34 · 13 matches
Athletic Club away — creates 0.91, concedes 1.39 · 18 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Ponte Preta attack 1.34 + Athletic Club defence 1.39 → ÷2 → 1.36
Athletic Club attack 0.91 + Ponte Preta defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.13
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 42%?"
Ponte Preta at 42% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 42% does not mean "Ponte Preta will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Insights
- Both teams score in 79% of Athletic Club’s matches
- 71% of Athletic Club’s matches stay under 2.5 goals
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Style Matchup
Similar stylesPlaying styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
1 previous meeting · small sample
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Ponte Preta host Athletic Club on Tuesday, 28 July 2026 at 22:30. The match is part of the Serie B 2026/2027 season.
Preview: Ponte Preta host Athletic Club
July 28, 2026: Ponte Preta take on Athletic Club in Serie B. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.
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