Serie A fixture prognosis and match guide for the Grêmio vs Palmeiras battle

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Fri 22.Sep
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena do Grêmio (55662 seats)

This should be quite a match, with Grêmio in 3rd and Palmeiras in 2nd. Here's news and statistics!

Insights:
  • Grêmio have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (6) away in Serie A

These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Serie A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Corinthians.

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Grêmio form and stats

Grêmio are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Arena do Grêmio. 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. After failing to beat Botafogo here at Arena do Grêmio, Grêmio has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The home team returns to Arena do Grêmio after drawing with Corinthians (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 4-4. A disappointing finish for Grêmio in their match versus Corinthians as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 4-4 full time score. Midfield player Cristaldo got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Cristaldo scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 35 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Bragantino.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 12 games), Grêmio's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Grêmio have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Palmeiras form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Palmeiras playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

The Palmeiras goalkeeper Weverton Pereira da Silva is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 481 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from Lopes secured the home win 1-0 against Goias in their previous game. Lopes came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Goias last time out, making the manager Ferreira feel like a tactical genius. Defender Gómez was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Gómez won 7 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Corinthians that ended 0-0.

Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league fixtures in a row with this team have had at most two goals.

Palmeiras has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. Palmeiras are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 5 latest meetings involving these two teams have all finished as Palmeiras wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Palmeiras - Grêmio 4-1 was the score in these sides' latest H2H match, played this season. Veiga loves to face Grêmio and have scored 7 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

GrêmioL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
7 goals
PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
7 goals
GrêmioF. Cristaldo
F. Cristaldo
6 goals

Grêmio missing players

Palmeiras missing players

Grêmio Palmeiras
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 1 12 23
12 9 1 Won W 0 4 12
4 2 1 Drew D 0 6 8
7 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
38 25 5 Scored S 1 19 38
31 10 6 Conceded C 2 9 17
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 87%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 65%
61% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 42% 43%
26% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 30%
17% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 13%
57% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 42% 52%
22% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 39%
26% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 22%
 
5.1 5.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.2 6.5
6.7 6.4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 4.2
2.7 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.6 15.1 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 18 13.8 15.7
5.2 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 5.3
32% 38% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 31%
 
16.8 16 18.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.6 11.1
5 4.6 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Grêmio have the most points from losing position (12) in Serie A
  • Grêmio have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (6) away in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 23 16 3 4 39 14 12 11 0 1 27 5 11 5 3 3 12 9 25 51
2 Palmeiras 23 12 8 3 38 17 11 8 2 1 19 8 12 4 6 2 19 9 21 44
3 Grêmio 23 12 4 7 38 31 12 9 2 1 25 10 11 3 2 6 13 21 7 40
4 Flamengo 23 11 6 6 36 30 11 5 4 2 16 9 12 6 2 4 20 21 6 39
5 Bragantino 23 10 9 4 31 21 12 7 4 1 19 7 11 3 5 3 12 14 10 39
6 Fluminense 23 11 5 7 33 26 12 9 3 0 19 6 11 2 2 7 14 20 7 38
7 Atletico PR 23 10 7 6 35 26 12 7 4 1 22 13 11 3 3 5 13 13 9 37
8 Fortaleza 23 10 5 8 27 22 12 7 3 2 19 10 11 3 2 6 8 12 5 35
9 Atletico Mineiro 23 9 7 7 26 19 11 5 3 3 14 10 12 4 4 4 12 9 7 34
10 Cuiaba 23 8 5 10 23 29 11 3 4 4 14 15 12 5 1 6 9 14 -6 29
11 Cruzeiro 23 7 8 8 23 20 12 3 4 5 5 8 11 4 4 3 18 12 3 29
12 Internacional 23 7 8 8 19 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 12 2 5 5 7 15 -6 29
13 Sao Paulo 22 7 7 8 26 23 11 7 2 2 18 9 11 0 5 6 8 14 3 28
14 Corinthians 23 6 9 8 27 29 11 4 6 1 18 12 12 2 3 7 9 17 -2 27
15 Bahia 24 6 7 11 28 33 12 4 4 4 20 15 12 2 3 7 8 18 -5 25
16 Goias 23 6 7 10 20 30 11 3 5 3 11 14 12 3 2 7 9 16 -10 25
17 Santos 24 6 6 12 23 40 12 4 5 3 18 18 12 2 1 9 5 22 -17 24
18 Vasco da Gama 22 5 5 12 20 33 11 4 1 6 10 14 11 1 4 6 10 19 -13 20
19 America Mineiro 22 4 5 13 26 47 11 4 1 6 13 20 11 0 4 7 13 27 -21 17
20 Coritiba 22 3 5 14 23 46 11 2 3 6 12 17 11 1 2 8 11 29 -23 14

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.