On Wednesday Sep 7th, Sport Recife and Ponte Preta will play a match in Campinas in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 11th placed Ponte Preta is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Bahia. Wallisson Luiz struck first for Ponte Preta in the 44th minute, then Lucca added another in the 55th minute In the end, Bahia couldn’t muster any offence and Ponte Preta ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Ponte Preta should be reasonably happy with their performance, while sport Recife sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Novorizontino. Gustavo Lopes scored the first goal for Sport Recife in the 88th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Novorizontino couldn’t muster any offence and Sport Recife ran away with the shutout win. Sport Recife is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 3rd of June, Sport Recife hosted Ponte Preta at the Estádio Adelmar Da Costa Carvalho in their last match together. Sport Recife won by a score of 2 to 1. Lucca scored the first goal for Ponte Preta in the 13th minute on a penalty shot, but L. Batista da Silva Junior got the equalizer for Sport Recife in the 49th minute on a penalty shot Finally they completed the comback in the 51st minute on a goal by Ray Vanegas to cap off a wild match.
Kayke has been the most effective weapon for Sport Recife lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Lucca has been the most prolific scorer on Ponte Preta in his last five matches with 3 goals.