BRUSQUE. Brusque beat Ponte Preta to win 2-1. A goal from R. Potiguar was decisive in the 85min. It was Brusque to strike first with a goal of Alex Sandro at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 64′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Rodolfo Potiguar gave the win to Brusque in the 85′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Estádio Augusto Bauer stadium in Brusque. The referee was Wagner do Nascimento Magalhaes who was helped by Thiago Henrique Neto Correa Farinha and Marcio Gleidson Correia Dias. The 4th official was Edson Da Silva. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Brusque was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Ponte Preta that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Brusque had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brusque won the match​.

Brusque shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Ponte Preta shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Brusque received 1 yellow card (Ze Mateus). Regarding the opposition, Ponte Preta received 2 yellow cards (Nicolas Morsch and Guilherme Santos).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Brusque will play away against Grêmio on the 4th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Ponte Preta will play away agasint Náutico on the 4th of November with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Ponte Preta (5 draws).

Brusque – Formation

Brusque adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luan Carlos Neto decided to play with the following team: Jordan (6.4), Zé Mateus (7.6), Éverton Alemão (7.1), Wallace Reis (6.7), Airton (6.7), Rodolfo Potiguar (7.2), Wagner Balotelli (6.9), Alex Sandro (6.9), Álvaro (6.3), Fernandinho (6.3) and Patrick Carvalho (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Barboza, Gabriel Taliari (7.0), Ruan Carneiro, Alex Ruan (6.4), Matheus Trindade (6.2), Jailson, Bruno Aguiar, Luiz Antônio, Crislan (7.1), Felipe Manoel, Ianson and Paulo Baya (7.2).

Substitutions

Brusque made 5 changes: Alex Sandro for Baya (57′), Airton for Alex Ruan (58′), Alvaro for Gabriel Taliari (66′), Fernandinho for Crislan (76′) and B. Wagner for Matheus Trindade (76′).

Best player: Zé Mateus​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brusque was Zé Mateus even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 41 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.

Ponte Preta – Formation

Also Ponte Preta adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Hélio César Pinto dos Anjos played with: Caique França (7.0), Igor Formiga (7.2), Mateus Silva (6.5), Guilherme Santos (6.7), Artur (7.3), Wesley Fraga (6.5), Leo Naldi (7.1), Wallisson Luiz (7.0), Elvis (7.2), Éverton (6.4) and Lucca (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Jean Carlos (6.1), Luan, Nicolás (6.4), Luiz Felipe (6.8), Da Silva, Cássio Gabriel, Moisés Ribeiro, Felipe Amaral, Bernardo, Léo Santos (6.1) and Fessin (6.1).

Ponte Preta could not rely on the presence of Fessin (injured), Luiz Felipe (injured) and Jean Carlos (injured).

Substitutions

Ponte Preta made 5 changes: Everton for Fessin (23′), Wesley Fraga for Luiz Felipe (41′), Wallisson Luiz for Nicolas Morsch (46′), Artur for Jean Carlos (84′) and Elvis for Leo Santos (84′).

Best player: Artur​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ponte Preta was Artur.

His rating is (7.3) with 36 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Operário PR – Sampaio Corrêa – 1-1
• Brusque – Ponte Preta – 2-1
• Bahia – Ituano – 2-0
• CRB – Grêmio – 2-0
• Sport Recife – CSA – 4-0
• Guarani – Náutico – 1-0
• Cruzeiro – Chapecoense – 1-1
• Vasco da Gama – Tombense – 3-1