Londrina v Ponte Preta — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Serie B · Tuesday, 15 September 2026. Final score 6–0 (half-time 3–0). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 48% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals48%52%Under
Over 3.5 goals23%77%no pick
Both teams to score49%51%No

The result model puts Londrina at 59%, the draw at 24% and Ponte Preta at 17%, from expected goals of 1.72 and 0.81.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Serie B has produced over 2.5 goals in 41% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Londrina have 17 in 27 this season (7 of 13 at home), Ponte Preta 12 in 27 (7 of 13 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 53% and 43%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 46%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 46%, from expected goals of 1.72 for Londrina and 0.81 for Ponte Preta. Folding in 30% of that view gives 46%.

Calibration. Tested against 97,729 past matches, our ratings below 55% have run consistently too pessimistic — a figure in the high 30s, for instance, has come in about four points higher. So ratings in that range are lifted part-way back, giving 48%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Londrina2763%30%56%
Ponte Preta2744%19%44%

Head to head

18 May 26Ponte Preta 1–4 LondrinaO2.5
25 Aug 23Ponte Preta 1–0 LondrinaU2.5
14 May 23Londrina 3–0 Ponte PretaO2.5
24 Sept 22Londrina 0–2 Ponte PretaU2.5
11 Jun 22Ponte Preta 1–2 LondrinaO2.5

More: Londrina season stats · Ponte Preta season stats · Serie B table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.