Football Bet of the Day: Monkey see, monkey score

Ponte Preta v America RN
Tuesday 23:50

Wycombe 1 Burton 3 in Buckinghamshire last night. A promising start for Jimmy Floyd and a winning beginning to our week.

The weekend before last, Ponte Preta confirmed their promotion from Brazil's Serie B to the top-flight Campeonato for next season.

With three rounds of the season to go, the only question for Guto Ferreira's merry men is whether they can overhaul top-of-the-table Joinville and bag the title.

Two points in arrears, the She Monkey (that's unverified, but we need the headline) have nothing to lose in going all out for three points at home to America RN tonight. 

Stuck down at the other end of the table, Marcelo Martelotte's visitors need something from the game themselves: as things stand, it is but goal difference keeping them out of the four-team drop zone.

Apart from winning their last away match 1-0 at Santa Cruz, the big plus for Martelotte is that his boys have found the back of the net in each of their last nine league games (four in a row on the road).

Ponte are heavy scorers at Estadio Moises Lucarelli (22 strikes in their last nine there). In pursuit of yet more goals, they should take their customary risks at the back and help this home game become the seventh in eight to see both teams score.

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