On the 28th of April, in this week 4 match, Ponte Preta and Vasco da Gama will play a match in Rio de Janeiro in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 13th placed Vasco da Gama, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Chapecoense. Chapecoense had 15 on net, and Vasco da Gama had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Vasco da Gama looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while ponte Preta is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against CRB. Lucca scored the first goal for Ponte Preta in the 24th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, CRB couldn’t muster any offence and Ponte Preta ran away with the shutout win. Ponte Preta is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Vasco da Gama won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Ponte Preta is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Pimentel Ferreira and Leonardo Naldi de Matos each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Vasco da Gama is glad to have Raniel in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.