A highly important fixture in Serie A as both sides are battling for the top league positions. With Bragantino in 6th position and Grêmio located at 3rd, this has all the looks of an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!
- Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Grêmio have the most points from losing position (11) in Serie A
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic game!
Bragantino form and stats
Bragantino are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cleiton Schwengber not having conceded a league goal in 186 minutes.
Bragantino drew their last game, 0-0 away at Cruzeiro (placed 12th). Cleiton, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.81 out of 10 in that game. Cleiton topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cuiabá in a game that was won 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bragantino have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
It should be noted that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Bragantino fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Bragantino have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grêmio form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Grêmio playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Grêmio are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Grêmio goalkeeper Caique Luiz Santos da Purificacao is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Suárez scored in Grêmio's previous match, the home game against Cuiabá that ended 2-0. Midfielder Villasanti was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Villasanti hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Cruzeiro.Grêmio have another game away in just four days, a Serie A fixture against Corinthians. A difficult schedule for them!
Grêmio struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date recorded result featuring both these squads is the Grêmio - Bragantino 3-3 played earlier this season. Previous five meetings involving these teams: Bragantino won two, Grêmio triumphed in two and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Borbas 6 goals |  E. Colcenti Antunes 6 goals |   L. Suárez Díaz 6 goals |
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| Bragantino | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 29 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 34 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 36% | 36% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 18% | 18% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 24% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 14% |
| 36% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 50% | 64% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 24% |
| 7 | 8.1 | 17 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 19.5 | 36 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.7 | 13.6 |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 13 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 22% | 24% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 21% | 31% |
| 11.2 | 9.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 17.3 | 16.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Grêmio have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grêmio have the most points from losing position (11) in Serie A
- Grêmio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Cuiabá | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Internacional | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Goias | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Bahia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
