Athletico PR hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 17th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Grêmio holds 11th place with 21 pts.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only three days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Athletico PR form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Athletico PR, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie A, are 3-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Athletico PR lost their last game at Penarol after a 2-3 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Atletico GO that finished 1-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Flamengo are coming to town in three days.
Athletico aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, Athletico PR have conceded only 6 goals.
Grêmio form and stats
Grêmio have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
Grêmio delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against América de Cali in their previous match; a Copa Libertadores game. Ahead of that match was the Serie A away draw versus Sao Paulo that ended 0-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Juventude in just four days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Grêmio have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Athletico victories, two draws and five Grêmio wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Aquino Cossa 5 goals | D. de Souza Andrade 4 goals |  L. Cittadini 2 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Athletico PR | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 81% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 38% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 172 | 90 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 93 | 225 |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 31 | 70 |
| 27% | 27% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 23% | 24% |
- Athletico PR has the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie A
- Athletico PR has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Santos | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Grêmio | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Sport Recife | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Ceara | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Athletico PR | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 11 |