Vasco DA Gama vs Ponte Preta — Serie B 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 43+ matches
Vasco DA Gama51%
Ponte Preta23%✓ 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.
Vasco DA Gama creates 66% more chances
Season form · 43 home / 115 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under59
- Over41
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No55
- Yes45
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Vasco DA Gama ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Vasco DA Gama at home — creates 1.58, concedes 0.91 · 43 matches
Ponte Preta away — creates 0.84, concedes 1.34 · 115 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Vasco DA Gama attack 1.58 + Ponte Preta defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.46
Ponte Preta attack 0.84 + Vasco DA Gama defence 0.91 → ÷2 → 0.88
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 51%?"
Vasco DA Gama at 51% 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 51% does not mean "Vasco DA Gama 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
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CearaPonte PretaIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
Vasco DA Gama host Ponte Preta on Sunday, 29 August 2021 at 19:00. The match is part of the Serie B 2026/2027 season.
Serie B: Vasco DA Gama 2–0 Ponte Preta
Vasco DA Gama beat Ponte Preta 2-0 in Serie B on August 29, 2021.
Goals: Andrey (19'), Caio Lopes (65').
Ponte Preta controlled possession (51%) and registered 15 shots to 14.
The match was played at Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.