Athletico PR and Grêmio have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. The teams both have mid-table positions in the Serie A.
- Athletico PR have won all their matches at home so far.
These teams have little in common geographically as Grêmio have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Not a lot of time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Atletico Mineiro.
Athletico PR form and stats
As mentioned below, Athletico PR are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Serie A games.
The club members are hoping that Athletico will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Atletico Mineiro. Madson, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Madson hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Bragantino in the Serie A.This is expected to be a close game, with Athletico PR perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Athletico PR as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Athletico PR has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletico as they are travelling to their away game against Botafogo in the Copa do Brasil. That match is four days after this one.
The Athletico PR manager Turra has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league.
Grêmio form and stats
Grêmio are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Grêmio won their last game, 3-1 versus Internacional played at home. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without winning. The attacker Suárez got a match rating of 8.33 in that game. Suárez scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that, 1-1 at home vs Cruzeiro in the Copa do Brasil. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Grêmio in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Grêmio, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Grêmio now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa do Brasil game at Cruzeiro is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grêmio has managed {3 goals} and let in 6 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Athletico won five games, one match ended with a draw and Grêmio have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Alves Cardoso 2 goals |  V. Roque Ferreira 2 goals |  W. Gomes de Siqueira 2 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Athletico PR | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 16.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.7 | 12.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 33% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 28% |
| 13.1 | 12.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 21.3 | 20 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6 |
- All of Athletico PR's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athletico PR have won all their matches at home so far.
- Athletico PR have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Athletico PR | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Grêmio | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Bahia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Goias | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Corinthians | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 2 |
