In this 34th week match, on Sat Oct 8th, Ponte Preta hosts Vila Nova at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in a meeting of these two Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 10th placed Ponte Preta is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Sampaio Corrêa. Gabriel Poveda scored the first goal for Sampaio Corrêa in the 2nd minute, then Echaporã tied it up for Ponte Preta in the 63rd minute on a feed from Naldi de Matos. Ponte Preta is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed Vila Nova, recorded a 1-1 draw against Operário PR. Paulo Victor Ferreira de Jesus struck first for Operário PR in the 19th minute on a feed from Fernando Neto, but Neto got the equalizer for Vila Nova in the 41st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Vila Nova. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Vila Nova should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Vila Nova and Ponte Preta battled to a 1-1 draw. Lucca scored the first goal for Ponte Preta in the 7th minute, then Rubens tied it up for Vila Nova in the 12th minute earning Vila Nova a comeback draw.
Vila Nova’s most prolific scorer has been Neto. The Brazilian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Ponte Preta’s top weapon lately has been Lucca, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.