Match preview for Serie A: Athletico PR - Grêmio at Arena da Baixada

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Arena da Baixada

Athletico PR have won 27 points running out as the hosting team. Grêmio have got 22 points being the away side. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grêmio have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Serie A

The hosts Athletico saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. That game was an away game at Penarol, so at least Athletico PR are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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.

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Athletico PR form and stats

Overall Serie A statistics playing at home this season for Athletico PR are 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Athletico PR, who won 2-1 against Penarol. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Cardoso de Oliveira when Pedro Rocha scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.

Before that, Athletico PR had a Serie A home game versus Juventude which ended with a victory 2-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Penarol are coming to town in four days.

Athletico PR are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Athletico have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Grêmio form and stats

Grêmio have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-0-6 (9 played). Grêmio love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

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 Gabriel Hamester Grando is eager to challenge this, with his 191 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Grêmio play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Flamengo (placed 3rd). Ferreira got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Ferreira served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Flamengo before that.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Grêmio have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived result between these teams is the Grêmio - Athletico PR 0-1 played not long ago this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for Athletico PR, two draws and four wins for Grêmio. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Athletico PRM. Terans Pérez
M. Terans Pérez
4 goals
GrêmioM. Borja Hernández
M. Borja Hernández
4 goals
AthleticoM. Ferreira da Cruz
M. Ferreira da Cruz
3 goals

Athletico PR missing players

Grêmio missing players

Athletico PR Grêmio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 9 19
8 5 2 Won W 2 3 6
3 3 2 Drew D 0 0 4
9 2 0 Lost L 2 6 9
25 14 5 Scored S 5 6 15
24 11 3 Conceded C 5 11 18
95% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
70% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 47%
60% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 21%
15% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 11%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 5%
55% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 22% 26%
20% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 37%
30% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 47%
 
4.5 5.7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 6
4.8 3.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.9
2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.2 16.3 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.6 12.6
3.8 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.2
33% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 23% 25%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athletico PR have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grêmio have scored away.
  • Athletico PR have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grêmio have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
  • Grêmio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Atletico Mineiro 20 14 3 3 32 13 9 7 1 1 19 5 11 7 2 2 13 8 19 45
2 Palmeiras 20 12 2 6 32 23 11 7 1 3 20 16 9 5 1 3 12 7 9 38
3 Flamengo 18 11 1 6 35 18 10 6 0 4 16 12 8 5 1 2 19 6 17 34
4 Fortaleza 21 9 6 6 29 23 10 6 3 1 17 7 11 3 3 5 12 16 6 33
5 Bragantino 20 8 9 3 31 22 10 2 6 2 15 14 10 6 3 1 16 8 9 33
6 Corinthians 21 7 9 5 20 18 10 2 4 4 11 13 11 5 5 1 9 5 2 30
7 Internacional 20 7 8 5 24 22 9 3 3 3 10 10 11 4 5 2 14 12 2 29
8 Fluminense 21 7 8 6 22 23 10 4 4 2 10 9 11 3 4 4 12 14 -1 29
9 Cuiaba 21 6 10 5 23 22 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 3 6 1 10 7 1 28
10 Athletico PR 20 8 3 9 25 24 10 5 3 2 14 11 10 3 0 7 11 13 1 27
11 Atletico GO 20 6 8 6 17 20 10 2 6 2 7 8 10 4 2 4 10 12 -3 26
12 Sao Paulo 21 6 8 7 18 23 10 3 5 2 9 8 11 3 3 5 9 15 -5 26
13 Ceara 20 5 10 5 19 21 10 5 4 1 14 8 10 0 6 4 5 13 -2 25
14 Santos 21 5 9 7 20 25 11 4 5 2 11 9 10 1 4 5 9 16 -5 24
15 Bahia 21 6 5 10 25 33 11 4 2 5 15 17 10 2 3 5 10 16 -8 23
16 America Mineiro 21 5 8 8 18 23 11 4 3 4 9 7 10 1 5 4 9 16 -5 23
17 Juventude 21 5 8 8 18 25 11 4 3 4 10 13 10 1 5 4 8 12 -7 23
18 Grêmio 19 6 4 9 15 18 10 3 4 3 9 7 9 3 0 6 6 11 -3 22
19 Sport Recife 21 3 8 10 8 18 10 1 4 5 2 6 11 2 4 5 6 12 -10 17
20 Chapecoense 21 1 7 13 17 34 10 0 2 8 5 17 11 1 5 5 12 17 -17 10

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.